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[Zath]

Caught this guy molting this morning. By the time the camera battery had enough charge to take this pic, his buddies had already come to investigate and, presumably, chow down.

 

[adnedarn]

Nice, I too wish you could have caught him doing it..

 

[KATastrophe]

Lol isnt that kinda cannibalistic in away i mean they are eating his old body/skin lol

 

[DragonsEye]

Lol isnt that kinda cannibalistic in away i mean they are eating his old body/skin lol

Very common amongst some types of insects. It enables them to easily gather or "recycle" the compounds for chitin.

Furthermore, crickets can often be cannibalistic.

 

[KATastrophe]

Eeek!

 

[ps3isawesome]

wait are they eating the insect of the shell it shed?

 

[Zath]

They're eating the discarded husk. The cricket that molted is the large cream-colored one.

 

[DragonsEye]

Lol isnt that kinda cannibalistic in away i mean they are eating his old body/skin lol

An aside for any who may be interested, the above statement should more correctly read "her" old "exoskeleton."

 

[Zath]

An aside for any who may be interested, the above statement should more correctly read "her" old "exoskeleton."

Hah! So those -are- ovipositors.

 

[DragonsEye]

Hah! So those -are- ovipositors.

Yes, indeedy... albeit immature/nonfunctional ones. They will reach full length and functionality upon their penultimate molt.