Monday, August 3, 2009

Our Pets

We have a few animals at our house. These are the ones we are currently caring for.

Tuco is a Dendrobates leucomelas. They are non-toxic in captivity and can live for about ten years.

We recently hatched a mantid ootheca (egg case) and had a couple hundred first-instar nymphs. I didn't want that many, so I let them eat each other and now just have two. One of them I am keeping for my nephew, Daniel. They are now fourth-instar nymphs. I won't know what species they are until they are full grown, but they are likely an introduced Asian species.

This picture shows how big they are now.

1 comment:

  1. Well, your froggies will live for ten years if you don't starve them to death.

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