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Message: <blockquote data-quote="goldenpumpkin" data-source="post: 201773" data-attributes="member: 37657">I've tried searching online for answers, to no avail. So I figured those of you who have waxworms/waxmoths might have some answers.So, my batch of feeder waxworms has recently begun to mature into a batch of waxmoths; how exciting! Buuut I've noticed a couple "WTF" things about them. Firstly, I've noticed brown liquid stains up on the walls of their enclosure. I know it was from the moths and not the worms, because the worms can't reach that high. At first I assumed it was poop, but then I was like, wait...don't they only do all their eating as worms? So how could they be pooping now, as moths?? Unless...it's sperm? I don't know what moth sperm looks like, so maybe. But then I saw it. I looked closely at the moths that were crawling around the wall of their enclosure, and saw the creepiest thing I've encountered thus far in my time of keeping exotic pets. They have these LONG, WET, WORMLIKE THINGS that slither in and out of their butts. RETRACTABLE BUTT WORMS. The moths appear to be using them to feel around the walls and the crevasses of their substrate. Actually, it's kind of like a tentacle. I cannot seem to find out what they are from the websites I've seen. Please Tarantula Forum, I need answers!!</blockquote>