A. Tesselata nymphs Options

[arachyd]

I was just wondering how big they are when they're born. I noticed I have a couple more than I started with a few months ago but the smallest ones are a little bigger than a nickel. I had not seen them before yesterday. Do they hide deep in the substrate until they are that big or are they huge as nymphs too?

[Matt K]

I was just wondering how big they are when they're born. I noticed I have a couple more than I started with a few months ago but the smallest ones are a little bigger than a nickel. I had not seen them before yesterday. Do they hide deep in the substrate until they are that big or are they huge as nymphs too?

About 1/4 inch born. (5 or 6 mm)

[arachyd]

Thanks, they must have been hiding. I looked at the adults and I was thinking, "Ouch, no way they're born that big". They have a sloped 4" to 6" substrate with plants - lots of room to hide.

[Orin McMonigle]

You must dig through now and then if you saw them at a nickel size, I never even see the subadult nymphs except when the dirt moves (adults usually stay on the surface). If you do see newborns, there is usually about twenty of them.

[arachyd]

That's one of the things I liked about them right away. No matter how much they hid I could always at least watch the substrate move and know they were ok. Now at least some of the adults are always out and usually there is at least one on top of the plants just hanging out. I guess it's time for a bigger enclosure if there are nymphs hiding in there.