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Hysteresis' Mantis Stream - 2019
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<blockquote data-quote="Graceface" data-source="post: 328454" data-attributes="member: 11024"><p>So fun, right? <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="👍" title="👍" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😊" title="😊" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have had many specimens who retain a piece of frass at the tip of their abdomen. While I do not know the reason why this occurs, most seem to get on just fine so I don't worry. </p><p></p><p>One female specimen of mine did die from what seemed to be complications from this issue, and I believe I've lost a male like this, too. It has appeared as an issue at subadult in the affected specimens, in the form of discoloration in the surrounding area. The male never molted and stopped eating. The female kept eating, molted to adult, then refused food and died within 48hrs. </p><p></p><p>I wonder what causes the frass issue? Is it humidity related, perhaps? </p><p></p><p>Either way, in general this doesn't seem to be a health problem for most specimens I've owned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Graceface, post: 328454, member: 11024"] So fun, right? 👍😊 I have had many specimens who retain a piece of frass at the tip of their abdomen. While I do not know the reason why this occurs, most seem to get on just fine so I don't worry. One female specimen of mine did die from what seemed to be complications from this issue, and I believe I've lost a male like this, too. It has appeared as an issue at subadult in the affected specimens, in the form of discoloration in the surrounding area. The male never molted and stopped eating. The female kept eating, molted to adult, then refused food and died within 48hrs. I wonder what causes the frass issue? Is it humidity related, perhaps? Either way, in general this doesn't seem to be a health problem for most specimens I've owned. [/QUOTE]
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