Cohabbing Triturus Marmoratus with caterpillars?

[Cyndra]

I'd like to start off by saying I am not currently cohabbing the newts with anything other than their own species, and don't plan on adding anything without first finding out whether or not they would be safe if they were to eat one.

If it is safe for both the caterpillars and newts I would like to try it, otherwise I would either not get caterpillars or just house them separately.

If anyone knows of whether or not there are species of caterpillars/moths/butterflies that would be safe to cohab, on the off chance they manage to get eaten, there should be plenty of plants for them to stay away from the newts, my main concern would just be the safety of the newts, since some caterpillars can be toxic.

 

[xxianxx]

If they can stick them in their mouths the newts may try to eat them. If the caterpillars arnt toxic its not a problem unless yr a caterpillar ☠☠☠☠

 

[JM29]

Some moth species have hairy caterpillars. The hair are irritating, come off and get stuck in the skin.
Avoid such caterpillars, please.
(do you have a caterpillar species in mind ?)

 

[Cyndra]

Some moth species have hairy caterpillars. The hair are irritating, come off and get stuck in the skin.
Avoid such caterpillars, please.
(do you have a caterpillar species in mind ?)

Tbh I had thought about painted lady caterpillars, but they look hairy, and I've heard cecropia, and giant swallowtail can be toxic, so my options may be limited to cabbage white butterfly caterpillars, but the required host plants will be limiting factors too, cabbage whites are probably the only type that would be safe and hairless and able to eat the plants currently in the tank

 

[Cyndra]

Polythemus may have been an option if I have a reliable source of oak lol

 

[Cyndra]

Polythemus may have been an option if I have a reliable source of oak lol

Polyphemus* moth caterpillars

 

[Cyndra]

Some moth species have hairy caterpillars. The hair are irritating, come off and get stuck in the skin.
Avoid such caterpillars, please.
(do you have a caterpillar species in mind ?)

Also looking at cecropia it has spines so a definite no

 

[JM29]

I had thought about painted lady caterpillars, but they look hairy

Painted lady (Vanessa cardui) looks hairy but isn't really hairy (these are soft spines instead). It wouldn't be harmful but you'd have to give them thistle !
Painted lady is a migratory species, going back to Mexico each winter (at the same time, European painted ladys come back to northern Africa)