New Addition: Pill Bug!

I decided to start another colony since my other one wasn't turning out the best, and what's better than a pill bug colony? One unusual thing though, the roly polys that are usually everywhere aren't there anymore! Seriously, I was only able to find one! I searched the whole apartment complex: under bricks, broken branches, everything, and was only able to find one lonely pill bug! I replicated a habitat and put him/her in the plastic shoebox where I'm keeping them (well for now it's not technically "them", but I promise you, there will be more!) I am now hoping to go out somewhere in search for more. I remember in elementary school, we would find tons by the corners of the playground. Or maybe if we go on a hike or walk I can find some under logs or things... I will have a pill bug colony! I am dedicated to finding a family for my little crustacean! (Yes, they breathe through gills... Weird, right???)

Update on the Superworms

Things are not going so well... I had two beetles emerge about two weeks ago and one is dead... He/she was born with a mutation. I actually have another one but it is seriously mutated. It's a pupae with legs. It can't do anything, it's body isn't developed, just it's legs... I won't mind posting pictures of them, it's much too sad...

The Lightning Thief

This one is named after the Percy Jackson book The Lightning Thief. Hence the lightning bolt...

The Racers

These snails we painted are based after racecars...

My Superworms Start To Pupate!

I came back from my trip to the East Coast yesterday, and today, I looked at my superworms to find that FOUR OF THEM HAD PUPATED!!! One more has started and is in the process from turning from superworm to alien!

Superworms!

Went to the pet store today and bought 24 superworms... I'm hoping to raise them to beetles who will lay eggs and then I can have more baby superworms! One has shedded it's skin, and that is why it's so pale in the last picture... 3 of them are not moving. I don't know if they're dead or.... we'll just have to wait and see, won't we? Well, I'll keep updating everyone on what's happening... Yay!

The white mealworm in this picture has shed it's skin!

Flower Close-Ups