u/csicada

Image 1 — Help me not fk up again
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Help me not fk up again

So, my Bug is dying.

He was about to do his final molt today. This morning he threw up, and then was hanging from a branch with one leg off it. I know I startled him once and then he moved twice to new places. Each time he was stretching his back legs and hanging by the front legs. Eventually he fell off the mesh top and landed upside down on a leaf which is where I intervened.

Temp was 23C to 26C all day and the humidity was between 70 and 90 all day.

He ate a bluebottle fly 2 days ago. And his abdomen has gone black over the course of the day/ night of the molt.

I really loved the lil guy and im very sad, so please go easy on feedback but I do want to know where I went wrong.

u/csicada — 1 day ago
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I2 to i3 ghostie

Copia have levelled up ❤️

Still tiny, still murdery. Second pic shows him double fisting fruit flies.

u/csicada — 4 days ago
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Copia is male, right?

As per the title - is Copia male or female?

As a weird question, why are his eyes so pale? Is that normal for i2 ghosties?

u/csicada — 8 days ago
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Cute bum wiggle

I got a lil i2 ghostie and he is so cute!

He is named Copia - cause Ghost, and hes got a little pope hat.

Thats it. I just wanted to share how damn cute he is.

u/csicada — 12 days ago

Bug molted again and is a lil bigger. Do we think its a male or female?

Bonus final pic of Bug being very threatening and not at all adorable 🥰

u/csicada — 18 days ago