Sounds about right to me. This girl, as I say, is 65 days in to her gestation. Giving her about 7 to 10 days to slough will being her to 75, so with the 30 to 35 days post slough puts her right on target for babies.

Thanks for the confirmation. I just wanted some varification as I have observed this in the past, but without my records, I could not be 100% sure of how many days prior to parturition the female sloughed.

Thanks again,



Warren
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Dr Warren Booth

North Carolina State University

Department of Entomology

3309 Gardner Hall

Raleigh, NC 27695-7613

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