18 alive, cleaned substrate

Thinned out the substrate to keep it under 1/2 inch, and took out old damped plant materials, and replenished top substrate with fresh sand, and then mostly Liquidambar formosana, with a few pieces of Eucalyptus torelliana, Eucalyptus robusta, and Eucalyptus crebra, then finished with a few pinches of cypress mulch, grass hay mix, finely crushed Eucalyptus globulus and Eucalyptus crebra mulch.

Did a head count, all 18 alive. And at least 5 of the AIF nymphs have been molted judging by their shape, and rest look like will be molting very soon since they all have a very bloated abdomen.



While I was thinning out substrate, I dug out a just molted nymph. Obviously, they aren’t as fragile as I thought, they can molt while burrowed, and some pressure on them while molting will not result in deformity.