What is this on my stirmi's abdomen

[Logan D]

his molt was stuck to his abdomen so i slowly peeled it off could this be because of it or what is this on his abdomen

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

Could be the outer layer and old layer was never well separated,thus removing it removed some of the new layer making it look like he has rubbed it off while flicking hairs. I want to add,this doesn't mean in any way that I'm right but it looks similar to normal wear and tear of an older exoskeleton.

 

[Logan D]

oh so its nothing bad or anything

 

[Logan D]

cause i thought it was mold

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

oh so its nothing bad or anything

Doesn't look that way,but photos are misleading.

 

[Logan D]

it looks kinda like a lump on his abdomen

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

it looks kinda like a lump on his abdomen

If you zoom in,you will see actual stretch and exoskeleton breakage and I suspect when you lifted the old exoskeleton it caused this and the lump which is just compressed soft exoskeleton due to the pulling applied. Its like scraping old paint off,in certain areas it will lump up as you scrape it.

 

[Logan D]

so she will be fine though right ?

 

[Logan D]

and when i slowly pulled the old exo off it wasnt tht far up on the abdomen it was lower than tht more where it is whiter on his abdomen but i guess its possible there was a piece higher up

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

so she will be fine though right ?

From what I can see,yes. Please please remember,photos can be misleading. Stirmis are tough T's contrary to what some might want people to believe.

 

[hellknite]

I'm not so familiar with stirmis, but isn't it the same problem and issues of a geniculata during molting, if you are familiar with that?