I have an old male that I've been finding on his back now and then for a year. He can't live forever.
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Is he still breeding?
I think the two I have left are a male and female, and I'm hoping both are adults with this last molt. I got a pair from you born in 2022 a long with a 2021 female last year.
The last segments are different sizes underneath. But there isn't really any difference in the "horns". I was expecting a difference there.
He might be good for breeding, hard to say. The horns aren't like hissers but the pronotum should be a bit different in shape except small males aren't so different. Big and small males come from the same parents so it's really hard to say if you'll get a monster or a runt. Like hissers a brother can be 1/3 the mass of another.
I was just watching the female raise up her midsection, try to get her head under the male, and push him around. I heard noise in their tank for about an hour before I decided to watch.
I got the impression she was trying not just to shove him, but also possibly to flip him over. I say this because of how she arched her "back" like a scared cartoon cat before shoving the male around.
Interesting to watch. They are separated for now. Has anyone else seen this?
I got the impression she was trying not just to shove him, but also possibly to flip him over. I say this because of how she arched her "back" like a scared cartoon cat before shoving the male around.
Interesting to watch. They are separated for now. Has anyone else seen this?
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I didn't expect him to get any bigger.
The female was on her back this morning. There isn't much substrate in their enclosure but there was a large piece of apple. Maybe she flipped over on the apple, or maybe she was dancing with the male again. I don't know. She ran off when I flipped her over. I'm keeping this pair in a small glass tank, and I'm glad I have it where I can check on them a couple times a day.