View Full Version : 14 D. m rubidus eggs, and counting!
epidemic
03-04-2006, 10:59 PM
One of my female D. m rubidus deposited 14 good eggs today and the second female has been sitting in her nest box. Now, if the rest of my female Drys would follow suit, as all have recently completed pre-oviposition ecdysis...
Best regards,
Jeff
keepergale
03-06-2006, 09:31 PM
Thats great news. I'm sooo jealous.
thesnakeman
03-08-2006, 07:46 PM
Jeff,
Congrats! I want one or two!! At least!!!
But first I have a Q for u,...
Is pre-lay ecdysis a hard and fast rule? How often do drys by-pass the pre-oviposition ecdysis, and deposit eggs anyway? If they do, what could be some probable causes, and effects of oviposition without going through a cycle of ecdysis first? And what about those which may complete ecdysis early on, during the first stages of gestation, instead of just prior to oviposition? Or do these types of things ever happen?
I say again,...IWANTONEORTWOATLEAST!!! Please?
T.
P.S. Did you know that the spell checker here does not recognize the word "ecdysis", or the word "oviposition"? Hmmm,...
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