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sschind

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Here is a shot of one of my male (at least I think its a male) D desiccata just hanging around on the lid with his old skin. 3 females went 2 days ago and my last male is getting close. This morning I went in and saw that he was hanging upside down on his fake leaf but very close to the bottom of the cage. I was afraid he might start to molt down there and wouldn't have enough room but I was also worried that if I disturbed him I might mess up the process. I decided to remove the leaf and got him to climb to the top. I don't know if it was necessary or not but this is the closest I have ever gotten to adults and I didn't want to take any chances. These are so cool, I love this hobby.

dead leaf molt.jpg

 
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Congrats... Same thing happened to me the other day.. but it (exo) was hanging a little lower..and I thought it was the mantis.. I was so happy when he was on the branch.. just fine..LOL

 

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