Albino cricket, what the heck?

Breeum

Arachnopeon
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Dec 21, 2011
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I was cleaning my theraphosa stirmi, Abigail's, tank and when i lifted up her hide i discovered a large albino cricket. I haven't feed her crickets in two weeks (last week was her semi-annual fuzzy) and i think a pure white cricket would have been fairly memorable. poor fella had been living with in the lions den for nearly a month, scared him pale as a ghost!

Why would a cricket turn pure white? and more importantly do i need to worry about my big beautiful baby becoming similarly afflicted?
 

Thistles

Arachnobroad
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What annabelle said. Just like a freshly molted T has white fangs, crickets are pale immediately following a molt.
 

Dr Acula

Arachnobaron
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Definitely a cricket molt :) my girlfriend had the same exact reaction when the employee of the LPS was bagging up the large crix, they always look so elegant and mysterious {D
 
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