Detail count confirmed 1 died

Just did a detail count, and confirmed that 1 has died, according to their sizes, it was the “little odd one” which never grew or molted, so it probably met to die anyway.

Others have obviously grew quite a bit, males grew faster, the smallest 3 were all females, but they are ready for another molt soon so i guess the size difference would be minimal.

I counted 11 males, and 6 females, which means the one died was a male. All males counted for were quite large compare to the females, that’s how I confirm the one died was the small never-molted male.

Food regimen hasn’t changed since Jan 2012, except offered a bit of Liquidambar formosana a few times just to fresh them up.

Another update, I believed 1 died

Just did a head count, and I believed the little odd one, the one look weird and never molted in last 6 months disappeared, so now I have only 17 left. I will do a thorough counting later this week see if I still have 6 females left.