Praxibetelix
Arachnosquire
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- Mar 24, 2016
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So at the kindergarten show and tell with our insect specimens, I took the lid off the critter keeper that houses the A. cristatus, I believe it is a male. He hangs out on the lid, so I simply inverted it so the children could see him.
At the first class, the room was brighter and the children noisier. The bug stood tall on all 6 legs and produced a white liquid from his rear end. Normally his frass (correct name for bug poo?) is orange in color.
I am wondering if he did this as a defense...he remained settled down in the other two classes. Just for some habit background, I do remove the lid probably every other day to offer him some moisture in the form of a misting. I simply set the lid down, with him on it, on the counter and he proceeds to sit still while I mist the critter keeper.
I have never seen this white fluid before. It made me nervous so I put him away in case he was getting upset and might fly, something I have never seen and do not want to see lol.
This particular specimen, shortly after his final molt, made some chirping noises when I was corralling him on the critter keeper lid. He made the noises in a defense posture, front legs up similar to the way a Mantid carries itself. He did not excrete this white fluid at that time...
So interesting to me! These creatures are just fascinating.
At the first class, the room was brighter and the children noisier. The bug stood tall on all 6 legs and produced a white liquid from his rear end. Normally his frass (correct name for bug poo?) is orange in color.
I am wondering if he did this as a defense...he remained settled down in the other two classes. Just for some habit background, I do remove the lid probably every other day to offer him some moisture in the form of a misting. I simply set the lid down, with him on it, on the counter and he proceeds to sit still while I mist the critter keeper.
I have never seen this white fluid before. It made me nervous so I put him away in case he was getting upset and might fly, something I have never seen and do not want to see lol.
This particular specimen, shortly after his final molt, made some chirping noises when I was corralling him on the critter keeper lid. He made the noises in a defense posture, front legs up similar to the way a Mantid carries itself. He did not excrete this white fluid at that time...
So interesting to me! These creatures are just fascinating.