buildingblocks
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Hi, it's been a while. My mantises have been doing excellent recently, knock on wood. But I've noticed something interesting.
Mantises kept close together molt in sync. For example, one of my p. spurca molted two days ago, and the day after one of my c. apicalis molted. I keep my bugs in this cube shelf system, and those two were in the same cube (not same enclosure don't worry!)
But, I've noticed this happening numerous times. Is this a thing? Do they produce some molting pheromone? I couldn't find any info on this online. Just curious, let me know what you think. It could be a very strange coincidence, I don't know.
Mantises kept close together molt in sync. For example, one of my p. spurca molted two days ago, and the day after one of my c. apicalis molted. I keep my bugs in this cube shelf system, and those two were in the same cube (not same enclosure don't worry!)
But, I've noticed this happening numerous times. Is this a thing? Do they produce some molting pheromone? I couldn't find any info on this online. Just curious, let me know what you think. It could be a very strange coincidence, I don't know.