Mrs Creosote lays an ooth - Page 12

andy bailey · #**111** (**permalink**) 12th February 2010, 23:46

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Originally Posted by shep1979

im always looking in the tub to see if there is any more runing about lol they are very fast and had a few escape lol i found on the other day getting a piggy back from a free roaming adult female giant asian lol

Ha! I know for a fact that at least 5 are loose in the house..(that I know of anyway!) Hope they find their way to some houseplants...there`s a few fungus gnats about...well a few less now--- I`ve seen the wings!

creobroterman · #**112** (**permalink**) 27th February 2010, 14:18

in the pics where she ate the male, was that white stuff at the end of her abdomen where the male was connected sperm?

andy bailey · #**113** (**permalink**) 27th February 2010, 17:00

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Originally Posted by creobroterman

in the pics where she ate the male, was that white stuff at the end of her abdomen where the male was connected sperm?

Spermatophore certainly. Apparently the sperm is delivered in a sac which can often be found (empty) on the floor of the enclosure.

creobroterman · #**114** (**permalink**) 27th February 2010, 18:08

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Originally Posted by andy bailey

Spermatophore certainly. Apparently the sperm is delivered in a sac which can often be found (empty) on the floor of the enclosure.

well, I'll look for the empty spermetaphores next time. I had a female creobroter gemmatus reject the spermetaphore and then eat it.