A gigantic green beetle landed near me while I was swimming today. I figured "well, T's are supposed to tackle anything up to 80% of their own size... so..."
I caught, opened Buttercup's cage (she's the skinnier of the two wild caughts I have and she doesn't seem to enjoy the crickets as much as Sting (my other wild caught) does) at which point she started mosying back to her log, but I dropped the beetle in and BANG she was on it like a lion on a water buffalo.
She handled it quickly and the crunching was very loud and could easily be heard. It's been an hour or so and she is almost done with it now. Just trying to get the last bits. Hey, at least I'll be able to easily find the leftovers for this one, I have a heck of a time finding the cricket remains.
She seems to really like it, btw.
http://homepage.mac.com/candiazoo/p...ur_arachnids/buttercup_eating_green_beet.html
http://homepage.mac.com/candiazoo/p...ur_arachnids/moving_it_around_to_get_the.html
http://homepage.mac.com/candiazoo/pictures_of_us_and_stuff/our_arachnids/all_mashed_up.html
I caught, opened Buttercup's cage (she's the skinnier of the two wild caughts I have and she doesn't seem to enjoy the crickets as much as Sting (my other wild caught) does) at which point she started mosying back to her log, but I dropped the beetle in and BANG she was on it like a lion on a water buffalo.
She handled it quickly and the crunching was very loud and could easily be heard. It's been an hour or so and she is almost done with it now. Just trying to get the last bits. Hey, at least I'll be able to easily find the leftovers for this one, I have a heck of a time finding the cricket remains.
She seems to really like it, btw.
http://homepage.mac.com/candiazoo/p...ur_arachnids/buttercup_eating_green_beet.html
http://homepage.mac.com/candiazoo/p...ur_arachnids/moving_it_around_to_get_the.html
http://homepage.mac.com/candiazoo/pictures_of_us_and_stuff/our_arachnids/all_mashed_up.html