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03-Oct-06, 06:19 PM
|  | #44-9aCustom#GR-094 Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Out the Back of Queensland and a bit more Age: 99 | | |  Whats this Woodie doing and why?
Ive seen the odd white woodie but never saw one pop out till today.
Whats it doing and why does it do this fellow Earthlings?
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03-Oct-06, 06:21 PM
| | #44-9aCustom#GR-094 Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Out the Back of Queensland and a bit more Age: 99 | | | | Take 2.....
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03-Oct-06, 06:22 PM
| | Alpha Male Subscriber | Join Date: May-06 Location: Sydney Age: 22 | | | |
it had shed its shell/skin.. they just slough that harder black shell.. thats
what they look like before the new shell hardens
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03-Oct-06, 06:25 PM
| | #44-9aCustom#GR-094 Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Out the Back of Queensland and a bit more Age: 99 | | | |
Do all woodies do this then and look white but then turn black again?
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03-Oct-06, 06:26 PM
| | Alpha Male Subscriber | Join Date: May-06 Location: Sydney Age: 22 | | | |
yeah.. exactly, i remember when i first seen it too! WOW an albino! lol meal worms do the
same..
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03-Oct-06, 06:28 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: Vic Gender:  | | | |
It is a similar process to reptiles shedding their skin, insects have an exoskeleton which they outgrow and must shed. all woodies do it, they turn darker as the new exoskeleton hardens.
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03-Oct-06, 06:30 PM
| | #44-9aCustom#GR-094 Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Out the Back of Queensland and a bit more Age: 99 | | | |
cooool bananas. Thanks for answering that.
whats with your name? have you tossed the fella or removed the ol fella(ouch) or something completely different?
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03-Oct-06, 06:34 PM
| | Alpha Male Subscriber | Join Date: May-06 Location: Sydney Age: 22 | | | |
haha na mate HAHA.. pronounced "ex-ee-dick" exidic.. pretty technical really
what about yours?
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03-Oct-06, 07:10 PM
| | #44-9aCustom#GR-094 Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Out the Back of Queensland and a bit more Age: 99 | | |
Right  
Mine...............ummmmmm.....................Im an Earthling......................................... ....LOL.
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