Deacon
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My female, Speedy, had her final molt yesterday and at first I thought she was perfectly beautiful with her gorgeous wings and huge size! Then she started moving. Her legs are sooo long she hardly knew what to do with them! Her sticky feet and long, straight legs weren't working well enough to climb up her stick so last night I wrapped bubbly shelf liner around them so she had some purchase. I noticed this morning that when she hangs upside down, her abdomen cants off to the left like she was in the wrong position when she hardened off. Her abdomen has always been wide and I figured it was her species. But now it falls out of her wings on that side. When she is upright, her abdomen stays within her wings but her legs won't support her so she was trying to belly crawl with these extra long legs flopping around and her raptorials weren't strong enough to move her dragging abdomen.
I got her out this afternoon and she fed and drank really well (four days since she had eaten). Tonight she is actually hanging from her mesh lid and her legs are bent at the knee and look normal except for the length (versus last night when they were straight).
I'm wondering if she had a mis-molt (her skin was on the ground and she was very low on the stick and struggling to climb it when I found her) or if she was just soft, weak and exhausted.
Do the Tanzanias have really long legs? I mean, she makes my Dbl shield look small!
Any thoughts? She is my first Sphodromantis so I have no comparisons.
I got her out this afternoon and she fed and drank really well (four days since she had eaten). Tonight she is actually hanging from her mesh lid and her legs are bent at the knee and look normal except for the length (versus last night when they were straight).
I'm wondering if she had a mis-molt (her skin was on the ground and she was very low on the stick and struggling to climb it when I found her) or if she was just soft, weak and exhausted.
Do the Tanzanias have really long legs? I mean, she makes my Dbl shield look small!
Any thoughts? She is my first Sphodromantis so I have no comparisons.