Sunday, September 11, 2011

Tonight, I went through all the babies to see how they are doing and to remove the leftovers.. Just as I thought, almost every single one had eaten overnight. This one was still feeding.

Tonight, there are a total of five that are showing the telltale black spot on the abdomen indicating that a molt is approaching. Here are photos of the five.


This last spiderling is just starting to show the dark spot, which I find interesting mainly because not only is it one of the smallest, but is also one of the most timid and seems to eat very little. One other think to noe is their coloration. Some of them in these enlarged photos display an interesting salmony pinkness. Is it a coincidence? Or could they already be starting to diplay the salmon pink bristles for which they were named? Or perhaps it is just the flash from my camera playing tricks on me. Only time will tell! Also, there were no more deaths to report. I did start to add drops of bottled water to the drier containers to help alleveiate dehydration. There is one that is very skittish  and does not want to move. I hope that increasing the humidity in its container might help to  turn this around. It just seems stressed for some reason. Well, that is all for tonight.

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