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My larvae (still don't know what it is, found in a pond of North Carolina) has greatly lost it's appetite in the past few days. It still eats, but whereas it was eating 6 to 8 small dried bloodworms, it now eats 2 or 3. It's also extremely skittish now.

Could this be a sign that it may be getting ready to morph soon? I will include a picture from about a week ago below.

He's a light brown color covered in little black dots in no apparent order. His gills don't seem to have shrunk, or if they have, they have done so by a miniscule amount.

Thanks for your help!

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That is a larval eastern newt. It is approaching metamorphisis. It still has its gills but it looks like its body structure is developing well. It will become more shy during and after morphing. Provide a terrestrial area and lots of tiny live foods.
 
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