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Size of your ambystoma maculatum larvae at morph (spotteds)

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Hi, I was wondering the average size of your maculatums when they went to land. I've 19 larvae that are a range of ages. My 4 largest are a little over 44mm, a few more in the 36-43mm range. I also have a couple which are quite tiny still, 22-25m, the rest falling somewhere in between.

Just wondering when I can expect the larger guys to go terrestrial. They are currently fat and appear super healthy, primarily eating frozen thawed adult brine shrimp, with some blood worm, mosquito larvae and maggots. The smaller are still primarily on daphnia, tripods, mosquito larvae and fruit fly maggot, the bigger of the littles are starting to take frozen thawed foods as well.

Any thoughts folks?
 

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It's been some years but I raised some and I think they morphed at anywhere from 2-3 inches. But you'll always get some stragglers and some early morphers.
 
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