Hosting on my poor Hyalophora euryalus
Over the span of 2 days one cat died, followed by 2 more the following 24 hours. One remains unaffected for now and I am bleaching their mesh pop ups.
Symptoms include darkening of the skin and liquification.
It is believed to have hitched a ride on willow I've been feeding to them.
After work edit, an Io has succumbed. Same symptoms. Bleaching all containers and separately quarantining all 3 species of caterpillars.
Edit, 26th: The last Hyalophora has passed away.
Of course I get the best shot as it poops. And the kids ask me why I wear a hat when I’m shooting.
Platypus