Spatter on the Back Wall

[sporeworld]

On the topic of food (sort of), I'm wondering if anyone ever noticed this before:

My mesh cages are backed up against a white wall. When I moved the cages to clean (they've been in the same place for a full generation of Gongy's and Idolos), I noticed tiny reddish-brown spatters on the wall - pretty much a pointalist painting of bio-goo. I thought it was either projectile feces, or the pop-squirt from thousands of pinched flies - spewing gut-juice across the horizon.

Thoughts...?

 

[Rick]

That is from the flies.

 

[hibiscusmile]

Yes, my first thought!

 

[sporeworld]

Yeah, I guessed it was from the flies, but how...? Do they projectile vomit...? It's a good 2 inches away from the cage.

 

[Arwen9]

Only here could we be discussing projectile vomiting alongside mantids... :blink:

lol. That I do not know. Most of the mantids I've raised were locals, and I keep them primarily outside. (makes it easier to mimic normal day/night cycles and etc)

Liz

 

[Slinkytreekreeper]

Do you have a pic, sounds intriguing.