rinderpest
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Jan 22, 2018
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- 6
First question: What color is the "blood" of a Platymeris biguttatus?
Second question: Are Platymeris biguttatus somehow stronger than me, an adult human?
Third question: Am I going insane?
Went to go feed my small colony of 3 white-spotted assassin bugs. I've raised them from their second instar into adulthood perfectly, with a very large clutch of eggs now waiting to hatch. The tank their in is a standard 2.5 gal. glass one with one of those metal mesh lids, which just so happens to fit so tightly I sometimes struggle to pry it open. So imagine my confusion when I only find 2 bugs in their tank today, despite the lid being tightly sealed since the last time I opened it. Also, I noticed a orange-ish stain both on the outside of the glass and on the tank's stand that definitely was NOT there yesterday. Cue ripping my whole house apart to find a 1 in. bug, and probably an injured one at that, with no luck. How TF could this thing have escaped. And another, probably futile question: any tips on how to potentially find it? I know the trick with escapee T's, where you put out a water dish, but AFAIK assassin bugs don't drink water. I feel like I'm living in a murder mystery novel right now trying to figure out how this is even possible.
Second question: Are Platymeris biguttatus somehow stronger than me, an adult human?
Third question: Am I going insane?
Went to go feed my small colony of 3 white-spotted assassin bugs. I've raised them from their second instar into adulthood perfectly, with a very large clutch of eggs now waiting to hatch. The tank their in is a standard 2.5 gal. glass one with one of those metal mesh lids, which just so happens to fit so tightly I sometimes struggle to pry it open. So imagine my confusion when I only find 2 bugs in their tank today, despite the lid being tightly sealed since the last time I opened it. Also, I noticed a orange-ish stain both on the outside of the glass and on the tank's stand that definitely was NOT there yesterday. Cue ripping my whole house apart to find a 1 in. bug, and probably an injured one at that, with no luck. How TF could this thing have escaped. And another, probably futile question: any tips on how to potentially find it? I know the trick with escapee T's, where you put out a water dish, but AFAIK assassin bugs don't drink water. I feel like I'm living in a murder mystery novel right now trying to figure out how this is even possible.
