Hisser Molt Picture

[padkison]

Here is a molting hissing cockroach. It grew quite a bit, I would say about 50% longer. I've noticed that when a hisser is approaching a molt, they get white bands between their abdominal segments (the underlying new exo-skeleton, still visible in the old skeleton) and they appear fat (i.e. busting at the seams).

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[jbrd]

amazing

Very nice pics.
when mine molt i never see the actuall molting, but i do when there still white though. Is it me or do they seem to shrink a little after they harden up?

 

[padkison]

Looking at it an hour later, its body flattens out, making it wider with a lower profile.