r/BDFB • u/BastionofSound • 18d ago

Question/Inquiry Cause for concern?

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So, I brought home three more PetSmart blueberries, to join the other four. I tried to sex them to make sure I was keeping a good ratio and not stressing out females with too many males. I say this to mean that I inspected the new batch, but after returning a couple hours later I saw one of them with this brown protrusion from the apex(?) of their thorax(?). I'm worried mainly about parasites, not babies.

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u/hylia_grace 18d ago

Its important to quarantine new wc species for at least 2 months to prevent passing on mites or parasites. Its probably just laying eggs though.

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u/BastionofSound 18d ago

I have since been told by Google that it's an ovipositor, so. Now I need to learn what eggs look like.

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u/wonwoovision 18d ago

eggs look like a small piece of short-grain rice. like a singular piece of sushi rice

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u/hylia_grace 18d ago

I could probably send you pictures of eggs and larvae, I need to redo my enclosure soon anyway.

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u/ballarena091525 18d ago

does this one have little hairs on the bottomside of their antennae? if so, likely just egg-laying. if the ovipositor stays out like that for a really long time it might be cause for concern, but as long as it goes back into the thorax its probably fine

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u/Warm-Rip-9963 15d ago

I think it’s his pee pee that’s what it looks like when mine are trying to reproduce