dolphnslvrsea01
Arachnopeon
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- Sep 5, 2008
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I find myself watching my Dubia colony quite often, and since I love taking pics I take alot of pics of them as well. I have been lucky enough to catch a couple of things that people have asked about here, so I thought I would post the pics and some info, others could post pics and info, and then maybe we would have our questions answered.
I have one thing yet to take a pic of and that is the actual birth, or hatching of the nymphs, but believe me I'm gonna try!!
I have to say that I am still learning as well so add what is needed!
We all seem to know the female from the male, and even how to tell by their underside.
This is a picture of an egg sack.
Here is a close up. I could be mistaken, but it seems as though you can see the nymphs inside. I wasn't able to stick around to see what happened with this, but here it seems full and even moist. Later when I when I came back it looked dry and empty.
Below are some pics of a female letting her egg sack breathe as we have called it. It was quite weird the first tie I saw this...lol...
And here it seems as though they are making more. I take it from watching them that they get connected much like you hear about dogs - that once connected they just can't come apart. I feel this way because I have seen them connected and one just drag the other around.
Ok. I think thats it for my pics right now. I do have more on flickr if you want to check them out. Some more of the egg case, nymphs, etc.
One question I do have is.... Are they white right after the shed? And how long does it take for them to "turn back to brown"?
I have one thing yet to take a pic of and that is the actual birth, or hatching of the nymphs, but believe me I'm gonna try!!
I have to say that I am still learning as well so add what is needed!
We all seem to know the female from the male, and even how to tell by their underside.
This is a picture of an egg sack.
Here is a close up. I could be mistaken, but it seems as though you can see the nymphs inside. I wasn't able to stick around to see what happened with this, but here it seems full and even moist. Later when I when I came back it looked dry and empty.
Below are some pics of a female letting her egg sack breathe as we have called it. It was quite weird the first tie I saw this...lol...
And here it seems as though they are making more. I take it from watching them that they get connected much like you hear about dogs - that once connected they just can't come apart. I feel this way because I have seen them connected and one just drag the other around.
Ok. I think thats it for my pics right now. I do have more on flickr if you want to check them out. Some more of the egg case, nymphs, etc.
One question I do have is.... Are they white right after the shed? And how long does it take for them to "turn back to brown"?