macbrush Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 While I was doing maintenance, one of the smaller nymphs suddenly ran out from the pack, they (those not burrowed at the time) usually stay together at the far corner when I do clean up, and started molting right there. I guess he had been holding it until very last moment since I was disturbing them. It is fascinating how their abdomen change shape from a bloated rugby shape to a wider flat fan like shape within an hour after molting. His shape already changed to more adult like within half an hour And then after 2 days, while I was thinning out the substrate, and refreshing plant materials in their cage, I dug out another freshly molted one. The substrate is so thin that it cannot support tunneling of any kind, so obviously he molted while burrowed, that easy my mind a lot since I was worrying that any kind of pressure on them while molting would result in deformity, now that I know they really aren't that fragile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtoach Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Completely awesome! Really great shots u got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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