Wednesday, November 9, 2011

How's it going? I didn't post yesterday, and that's because there was only one change among the babies. There was one new molt. Here is the photo.

When I opened it's container, it still had it's old exuvium stuck to its abdomen. When I pinned the old exuvium to the substrate, it peeled off with no mishaps. Today, it's looking a lot darker - blacker - actually a charcoal gray. Anyway, that is the only change in stats. I have noticed more and more that some of the little guys will - not regularly - spin a lot of webbing. Sometimes when I open the containers, I think a lot of mold  - or something  - has grown overnight. Sometimes, it is obvious that it's over the carcass of a cricket. Here is a photo.

The best example, I inadvertently destroyed by picking it up with my tongs thinking it was a magnificent mold bloom. I the process of trying to remove it, I literally pulled all the substrate out of the container. Even with the above webbing, a lot of the substrate came up with it. Sometimes the webbing isn't visible until I try to remove the remains of the cricket and most of the top layer of substrate is dangling from my tongs. Well, that's all I have for now. Ciao ciao.

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