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mistressofmuses) wrote2025-10-09 07:41 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2025-10-09 07:41 pm
Monthlyish pet pics - 3 of 3 - The invertebrates!
Part three of the periodic pet pictures. This time, the invertebrates!
We still have all three of the katydids.
They still love their green beans!
Three and Green Bean II had been clicking at each other quite a lot. While she'd never really responded to Clickbait, she was replying to Three when he'd click at her. So we let them have a "date" in the same enclosure for a while, and within about five minutes they got down to it.
That's Three in front, and Green Bean II behind him.
And you can see the uh... gift, he handed back to her.
After that we separated them back to their own enclosures.
But later evidence of their success:
Some fresh katydid eggs!
Generally the eggs overwinter. None of the ones laid last year hatched, which could be because they weren't fertile, or it could have been because they didn't get a chance to overwinter properly, and staying at room temperature all winter wasn't enough for their development. We may try putting these in my mom's garage for the season to see if they'll hatch in the spring.
And one more invertebrate:
The unnamed spider:
I accidentally kidnapped this poor spider several weeks ago. I went out to cut some new branches for the katydids and accidentally brought it inside, so I put it in a spare enclosure for the night. But then it immediately got chilly, and I was afraid of freezing the poor thing...
So now he's been staying in the spare habitat eating some of Guava Splash's fruit flies.
Delicious fruit flies.
So there's the pet updates!
We still have all three of the katydids.
They still love their green beans!
Three and Green Bean II had been clicking at each other quite a lot. While she'd never really responded to Clickbait, she was replying to Three when he'd click at her. So we let them have a "date" in the same enclosure for a while, and within about five minutes they got down to it.
Two pictures of sexy katydid sex:
That's Three in front, and Green Bean II behind him.
And you can see the uh... gift, he handed back to her.
After that we separated them back to their own enclosures.
But later evidence of their success:
Some fresh katydid eggs!
Generally the eggs overwinter. None of the ones laid last year hatched, which could be because they weren't fertile, or it could have been because they didn't get a chance to overwinter properly, and staying at room temperature all winter wasn't enough for their development. We may try putting these in my mom's garage for the season to see if they'll hatch in the spring.
And one more invertebrate:
The unnamed spider:
I accidentally kidnapped this poor spider several weeks ago. I went out to cut some new branches for the katydids and accidentally brought it inside, so I put it in a spare enclosure for the night. But then it immediately got chilly, and I was afraid of freezing the poor thing...
So now he's been staying in the spare habitat eating some of Guava Splash's fruit flies.
One more spider pic:
Delicious fruit flies.
So there's the pet updates!
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I would love if the katydid eggs hatched! My only fear is leaving them over the winter and not noticing right away if they DO hatch and then having them starve. :/ I don't think they're terribly picky eaters; maybe I can sacrifice a little houseplant or something that they could chow down on until we collect them, ha.
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And I'm quite fond of the little spider. Anansi is obviously perfect!
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Lol. I'll have to do like dog breeders and come up with "themed" names.
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