Those things are really pretty! The gold bug, the image of which I posted, costs $35 for a pair. Seems expensive, but I looked around and the cheapest I could find elsewhere was $40 for a single male, and not 70 mm.

>>But as you said....this is the cham forum! Luna's pissing me off - can I say that here? She won't eat, she won't lay, she's being cranky.

Hmmm.... you're up in NH or somewhere in New England. Have you been giving her natural sunlight? Is it warm enough? Maybe she's just getting cagey, needing to go outside. How about her diet? You haven't fallen into a rut, feeding her the same thing over and over, have ya? When was the last time she got some good ole house flies?

Wait... lay? she's gravid? How far? Is she all bumpy and fat? Don't forget to give her PLENTY calcium!

If she's REALLY gravid, don't worry too much about her food (as long as she still looks plumpish!). Give plenty water, maybe even pedialyte if she gets a little stressy. What one friend of mine did to help induce his virgin female veiled to lay is he replaced his ficus with one that had LOTS of loose soil. The female just dug a hole in the pot, laid her eggs, and went back to her business.
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