Does a Caterpillar eat Resins?
The Ageha caterpillar usually eats orange leaves, lemon leaves, and lime leaves. We have all three types of leaves planted at home, but with many caterpillars and few leaves, it leads to a scarcity of food. Last year, when we fed the caterpillars oranges, they ate them but became thin. When they transformed into cocoons and then into butterflies, they were small and showed symptoms of depression.
This year, we tried a different method of raising the caterpillars, and this time we experimented with dried grapes. Caterpillar No. 20 (excluding the ones that died before turning green in the first batch, so this individual is exactly the 20th) loves grapes. Caterpillar No. 19 doesn't seem to care much and only eats leaves. Caterpillar No. 20 is smaller than No. 19 because it was placed in the box a few days later. It clings to the grapes and eats them whenever the leaves run out. It has grown quite big now and is about to become a cocoon.