C. orientalis larvae pics

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pamela

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• Feb 10, 2005

• #1

Nice family pics!

 

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kelsey

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• Feb 15, 2005

• #2

These are about two months old:

(Message edited by TJ on March 22, 2005)

 

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kelsey

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• Feb 15, 2005

• #3

heres the parents:
the mommy, much larger than the rest

(Message edited by TJ on March 22, 2005)

 

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joseph

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• Feb 15, 2005

• #4

Great photos! Like all things, newts are so cute when young.

 

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kelsey

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• Mar 16, 2005

• #5

here are some updates

: )

 

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pamela

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• Mar 16, 2005

• #6

Looking good!

 

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jennifer

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• Mar 16, 2005

• #7

Looks like some of them are starting to metamorphose. Good going! You'll need a lid on that container very soon!

 

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corrina

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• Mar 17, 2005

• #8

Mine are really starting to fatten like that too. They hatched in January and I have 13 total, 6 larger ones that look like the pics above. Hopefully metamorpheses isn't too far in the future.

 

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kelsey

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• Mar 20, 2005

• #9

you were right Jennifer! Two have climbed out of the water. Are they still going to eat blackworms?

 

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• Mar 21, 2005

• #10

Hi Kelsey.

Nice pics!

I fixed some things in your thread. Hope you don't mind

One thing though -- which pic was it that you had labeled "a potential father"?

 

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kelsey

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• Mar 22, 2005

• #11

Thanks Tim!

I thought that either of those two smaller adults may be the male.. i really dont know anything about sexing them though.. help me out? The only thing i know is that i am pretty sure i saw the large newt, the top picture, laying the eggs, plus she has looked gravid.

 

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kelsey

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• Mar 28, 2005

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joseph

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• Mar 28, 2005

• #13

Great to see you got a morph!

Is the larvae in that second picture always such a light color? Looks almost pink!

 

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kelsey

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• Mar 28, 2005

• #14

Thanks! I have a few morphs now- i hope they eat for me. The larva seem to fluctuate in color.. sometimes many are light and sometimes they are dark.

 

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kelsey

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• Mar 29, 2005

• #15

3 morphs now! cute as ever!

here is a speckled larva. A few look like this, is that normal?

here's the container the morphs are in.

Feeding suggestions for morphs welcome

 

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joeri

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• Mar 30, 2005

• #16

For morfs:
fruitflies
white worms
nightcrawlers
springtails
frozen mosquito larves (but it takes time to learn them to eat it - use a tweezer)

That's what I feed mine.
If they head back for the water you can also try artemia, daphnia, moinia, small schrimps,...

 

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• Mar 30, 2005

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That speckled larvae looks great!!!

I'd see what Nate or somebody else experienced with this species have to say about how uncommon that is or if the spots are likely to disappear as the newt grows. Hopefully not!

I'd help you out with sexing the adults, but I'm surprisingly clueless at times without tail sheens or swollen cloacas to guide me

(Message edited by TJ on March 30, 2005)

 

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pamela

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• Mar 30, 2005

• #18

Just wonderful Kelsey! And yes - they are super cute little ones. The spotted one is really unusual. You should record how its color changes with age. Congrats.

 

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kelsey

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• Apr 4, 2005

• #19

here is one of the speckled ones keeping the speckles into morphhood

here are a few morphs

 

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joeri

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• Apr 4, 2005

• #20

I envy the quality of your pictures Kelsey.
Some of my morfs are already heading back into the water. Exciting!