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Good to know. I'll stop worrying about it, feed her up fat, and let her do her thing.

I'm keeping her at about 75-80 F during the day and 70ish at night, so she should be fine. I feel better that there's no set time; I read previously that you should expect the first ooth around five days after successful mating.

I mated one of my females a few weeks ago and she has yet to lay an ooth. I've been feeding her like crazy and I've kept her well-misted and she seems to be in absolutely perfect health. While I can't say with 100% accuracy that I'm sure they mated, they did seem to have done the deed. He...

Thanks everyone for your wonderful comments!

Figured I'd share this here. I was in a paintery sort of mood last month and drew my greenie Ghost a short while before she molted to adulthood. 11x14 Ink and watercolor on paper. Forgive the slightly poor image quality; watercolor never scans right and I don't have a great camera. Also...

My greenie turned from tan to sorta-green at L6 and is very green as an adult, but your mileage may vary.

I've tried off and on the last week to mate them, with no success. The female has either been too aggressive and won't let the male approach (despite having two fistfuls of cricket), or the male has been completely oblivious (one time he walked over the female like she wasn't there at all...

I'd imagine it would need a delicate touch. I've never tried gutting and stuffing, so I have no personal experience to share, I just know that it is done by some. On the whole, I think it's largely unnecessary.

I know that a lot of professional pinners will gut abdomens and stuff them with cotton on large species, both to lower the chance of decay and to help maintain the original shape of the abdomen. You can generally hide the marks of surgery through careful display mounting. I'd agree that nine...

My ceiling fan doesn't go fast enough to cause harm; I think the little buggers could land on one of the blades and use it as a merry-go-round if they wanted. If it was turned up I'd be concerned about them flying at it, but it never is (and it's stuck at that speed permanently).

I have a ceiling fan/light fixture that my Ghosts always attack when I bring them close. I think the fan speed chopping up the light makes them think it's a bird, or a moth, or something. Whenever they see it they practically scream "I KEEL YOU!"

And a perfectly reasonable thought. I'll give it a try tomorrow, and if my male isn't interested I'll wait a day and repeat.

Thanks for the quick replies. I'm probably going to try and mate them tomorrow, since he hit adulthood about a month before the ladies and I don't want him dropping dead before mating with both of them at least once. Best not to tempt fate, you know? All goes well, I should be up to my...

So my three Ghosts have been adults for ~4 weeks, and I successfully mated my male with one of the females last night. My other female is ready for mating, but I'm not sure of the appropriate 'cool off' time I should give the male before pairing the two up. I tried running a search, but I...

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I do consider them pets and have named them. While I find them fascinating and will be sad when they die or if they mismolt between now and adulthood, I do not have near the emotional investment in them than what I've afforded my cats and snake. After all, these little guys only live around a...

I contacted AB looking to purchase dead moth specimens for a collection. He answered all my questions promptly and held what he had until I was ready to buy. The price was very reasonable, and he shipped quickly. The packaging was great and the specimen arrived in perfect shape. Great...

Slow Loris are quite adorable, but I can't get past the fact that they're poisonous. That's just freaky.

Haha, thanks! That's one of my favorite shirts.

Don't sneeze on me ;) Get well soon!