YAY!! Adult male wahlbergii

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agent A

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he finally became adult :clap:

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enjoy :)

 
Alex: Perhaps you have thought about putting your new virgin stud to good use. There are a few people out there that could use his services. I had to send my female off to get mated because my only female knocked out my male with a series of blows and he died about two days later. The males are sometimes in short supply and they are endangered doing their only important job. They do not ask for much and they do not get much respect, but without them, there is no conversation.

 
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I will use him to mate and if anyone has an unmated female and wants to send her to me I will mate her with him and send her back

I can't send him out as he is my only male

Tomorrow I gotta call warpdrive so I can get some gals

 
I will use him to mate and if anyone has an unmated female and wants to send her to me I will mate her with him and send her back

I can't send him out as he is my only male

Tomorrow I gotta call warpdrive so I can get some gals
You started with 16 didn't you. You have to keep some for yourself!
 
Wow! Alex sent me this adult male in September, and he's still alive. He's eating a fly right now. The end of his wings are a little tattered and slightly discolored but otherwise appears to be healthy. Until this past week, he's the only adult male I've had in my house since this summer . So, there's no chance of a mix up. I've never had a male wahlbergii live this long as an adult...almost six months.

 
I might have some L1s arriving tomorrow. If I do, I'll take a couple of photos. He's not really pretty now though. What kind of flowers are those above?

 
They r fake flowers on a wreath Hes probably too old to climb the wreath anymore
He was sitting on the bottom of his deli cup this morning while he was eating a fly. But he has a ladder in his container, and he climbs that just fine. He still hangs from the top sometimes. In my experience, this species doesn't slowly fall apart like some others as they age. When they go, they often go quickly. I just took another look at him, and he must be able to smell one of my females spraying pheromones. It looks like he wants some action.

 
He was sitting on the bottom of his deli cup this morning while he was eating a fly. But he has a ladder in his container, and he climbs that just fine. He still hangs from the top sometimes. In my experience, this species doesn't slowly fall apart like some others as they age. When they go, they often go quickly. I just took another look at him, and he must be able to smell one of my females spraying pheromones. It looks like he wants some action.
LOL Tammy give the poor Old man another chance to taste the heaven feeling before he pass away ....

 
He was sitting on the bottom of his deli cup this morning while he was eating a fly. But he has a ladder in his container, and he climbs that just fine. He still hangs from the top sometimes. In my experience, this species doesn't slowly fall apart like some others as they age. When they go, they often go quickly. I just took another look at him, and he must be able to smell one of my females spraying pheromones. It looks like he wants some action.
Tammy my first male when he died of old age was fine when i went to bed and dropped dead overnight

I would try to breed him, hes gonna die soon anyways, if he gets eaten at least he tried

Maybe his longevity can be inherited and it would be wise to breed him

LOL Tammy give the poor Old man another chance to taste the heaven feeling before he pass away ....
I agree :)

 

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