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I think this is so fascinating to watch. I'm so glad I finally got some photos and videos to share with you all. VIDEOS POSTED ON YOUTUBE SOON. Please subscribe to view all 4 which will be posted hopefully all tonight. My internet is being slow so it's taking forever. Here's where to subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/PenanggalanMonster
The signs of a roach beginning to molt are: jittery movements, shaking, segments stretching, the body looking thicker/more round, and lastly, the split of the pronotum. It must be so relieving to be a roach, just emerging from a tight shell, and then stretching out. The body of the roach pulses and writhes as though it were made of dough. The wings quickly fill with fluid and smooth out beautifully. There was a male sitting beside her, tapping her with his antennae, awaiting her to emerge as a full and winged adult. He immediately mated with her after chasing off the other males that would approach. This seems to be the pattern of this particular male - it was the same male from the previous video I uploaded of the male mating with the freshly molted female.
I don't care what anyone says... cockroaches ARE fascinating.
Also: Lol, I just went to check them out and there's another roach nomming on this roach's old molt. They are apparently very good for them to eat, but normally it's the roach that emerged from said molt that eats it. I guess she was preoccupied.
The signs of a roach beginning to molt are: jittery movements, shaking, segments stretching, the body looking thicker/more round, and lastly, the split of the pronotum. It must be so relieving to be a roach, just emerging from a tight shell, and then stretching out. The body of the roach pulses and writhes as though it were made of dough. The wings quickly fill with fluid and smooth out beautifully. There was a male sitting beside her, tapping her with his antennae, awaiting her to emerge as a full and winged adult. He immediately mated with her after chasing off the other males that would approach. This seems to be the pattern of this particular male - it was the same male from the previous video I uploaded of the male mating with the freshly molted female.
I don't care what anyone says... cockroaches ARE fascinating.
Also: Lol, I just went to check them out and there's another roach nomming on this roach's old molt. They are apparently very good for them to eat, but normally it's the roach that emerged from said molt that eats it. I guess she was preoccupied.
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File Size 259.7 kB
I loved watching my Mantises molt, it's amazing to watch. They seemed to prefer doing it in the dark most of the time though, guess it made them feel more secure. It's not all that different from what you describe with your roach here, except with the Mantises they'd be hanging inverted from a branch or the lid of the enclosure. Once out of the skin they'd hang from it by the end of their abdomen until their skin hardened enough for them to safely move, then they'd pop their tail end free from the old skin and carry on like normal (though sometimes they'd end up with the old skin comically stuck to their abdomens for a while).
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