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<blockquote data-quote="sporeworld" data-source="post: 157842" data-attributes="member: 2687"><p>Here's something I've noticed.</p><p></p><p>All my current nymphs were born at the same time, traveled the same distance, and are kept in the conditions. But they've all had RADICAL different molting times. Almost a week's difference - 4 still haven't molted to L2. Temperature variance explained anout a 24 hours difference.</p><p></p><p>The remaining hold outs ARE all eatting, but aren't as aggressive, and are much pickier. They challenge a crawling ff trying to force it to fly. If it doesn't, they won't eat it. I also notice these 4 being much less commital with what they DO catch. A sibling at L2 will pick a BB out of mid air and struggle for 15 minutes before it gets the head bit off. His L1 sibling lets a tiny Hydei go if it struggles too much. One caught and let go a small lacewing 4 times, and finally gave up. Fascinating.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to watch to see if it's a behavior that sticks with them through each instar, and if there's any gender bias.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sporeworld, post: 157842, member: 2687"] Here's something I've noticed. All my current nymphs were born at the same time, traveled the same distance, and are kept in the conditions. But they've all had RADICAL different molting times. Almost a week's difference - 4 still haven't molted to L2. Temperature variance explained anout a 24 hours difference. The remaining hold outs ARE all eatting, but aren't as aggressive, and are much pickier. They challenge a crawling ff trying to force it to fly. If it doesn't, they won't eat it. I also notice these 4 being much less commital with what they DO catch. A sibling at L2 will pick a BB out of mid air and struggle for 15 minutes before it gets the head bit off. His L1 sibling lets a tiny Hydei go if it struggles too much. One caught and let go a small lacewing 4 times, and finally gave up. Fascinating. I'm going to watch to see if it's a behavior that sticks with them through each instar, and if there's any gender bias. [/QUOTE]
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