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macro junkie
5th of August 2007 (Sun), 23:17
I sat today for about 2 hours watching this criket..i was sure the other one was dead cause it didnt move once..whats going on in this pic..are they mating..is he eating it..what is it? i have closer pics i toko with the MPE-65..il resize them now..

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1114/1023241395_00a3418c8f_b.jpg
Sam_M
6th of August 2007 (Mon), 00:21
I dunno, but it looks like the green katydid just molted, and the white one is its old shell.
racketman
6th of August 2007 (Mon), 01:17
correct, moulted.
LordV
6th of August 2007 (Mon), 01:48
Agree- the cricket has just moulted- crickets don't move a lot anyway unless you disturb them but most bugs after moulting spend a couple of hours very still whilst the exoskeleton dries out and hardens- excellent capture BTX.
Brian V.
macro junkie
6th of August 2007 (Mon), 06:20
hmm intesting..so insecs shed there skin..man this forum and my new hobbie rocks...what other insecs do this?
Attic
6th of August 2007 (Mon), 07:38
Nice catch. :-)
LindaB
6th of August 2007 (Mon), 07:42
Nice find - something I havent found yet. It looks like a speckled bush cricket from what I can see.
racketman
6th of August 2007 (Mon), 08:54
hmm intesting..so insecs shed there skin..man this forum and my new hobbie rocks...what other insecs do this?

all insects that hatch as miniature versions of adults - Exopterygote life cycle. Other insects like butterflies hatch into grubs then pupate then emerge as fully developed adults- Endopterygote life cycle.

Shield bugs and Grasshoppers are examples of moulters. Spiders too, you will often find their old skins lying around, some housewives* congratulate themselves that they have starved the spiders to death but quite the opposite is true.

* or house husbands ;)