Deroplatys dessicata

[specy]

The nymphs from Ellroy molted last week, and guess what, I happened to catch one in the act with a camera, so here comes another molting sequence

And this is some picture of the other nymph

And the adults

Male:

Female

 

[OGIGA]

Awesome! That's very nice. I have always wanted to see this before my nymphs ever molted.

 

[jarek]

my female from ellroy molted last week as well but male isn't hurry with molting and keeps eating

 

[specy]

Thanks, I somehow am always lucky to have caught them molting....

Anyway I mated my adult Dessicata pair from Martin this Saturday, the male was staring at the female for hours before making a move, but they mated fine and stayed connected for like 20 hours!

 

[Ian]

Wonderful photos! Haven't seen shots of these guys mating before.

Nice colour contrast between the male and the female

 

[Way.Of.The.Mantis]

Wow, very nice pair

 

[Asa]

I love your molting pictures. I have to rely on your guys pictures, I've never seen them molt, live.

 

[OGIGA]

Awesome! I usually force my male on to my of females.

 

[specy]

Thanks for the comment. The funny thing is, the pair of nymphs that I got from Alan is of the opposite color: the male is light brown and the female is dark brown.

Anyway I was glad to find out that the female has just laid an ooth on Tuesday morning.

 

[Asa]

Congrats!

 

[robo mantis]

Congrats not many people keep these.

 

[Asa]

I got one recently, and since then I've been in love.

 

[specy]

Thanks all. There seems to be more people keeping these in the UK than it is in the States. I have been wanting to keep these when I was in Canada 2 years ago but Martin French seemed to be the only guy who had them at that time and he didn't ship overseas, so I am glad to be in the UK now and that I have access to them. Have to sell this ooth though as I am moving house soon and I don't want to move with a whole bunch of nymphs.

 

[specy]

Caught another one molting today and I filmed it with my camera. Unfortunately my memory stick is quite small so I have to film it in different segments. Click on the images to view the videos



This captures the moment when it pulled out of its skin. If I knew the 'low resolution' mode is this bad I would not have used it....



P.S. Notice the screaming noise they make when they are molting!

 

[RodG]

Congratulations

 

[nepenti]

Even your photos are better with the progress of molting Every photo is sharper and sharper. Great work!