female Phyllocrania

[frogparty]

So the first of my new ghosts has molted today. This one is the lightest in color of the whole bunch, the rest are very dark.

They were sold to me as L3/L4 so shes now either L4 or L5

Finally big enough to get some halfway decent photos without need for a macro lens

 

[Precarious]

That's a cute little female you've got there. Very easy to sex even at this age. Females have a wider headpiece and chest shield. Male headpieces are are jagged and spiky.

 

[frogparty]

I have already sexed out the 6 nymphs I got. I ordered 5 from bugs in cyberspace and got a freebie! Three males three females. I learned how to sex them from previous posts here, and was pretty stoked to get such even numbers. This is just the first of the 6 to molt. I have a male that's black with reddish accents I can't wait to see get bigger. I sure hope he keeps his color. The females are being kept about 10 degrees above ambient, the males at room temp. However I'm thinking about acquiring a few more that I know are unrelated because I want to breed them and I'd rather not breed siblings