Tuesday was rain and overcast, so the eggs didn't venture out. Today, Wednesday, was cool and cloudy, and the eggs had a sojourne on the window ledge in my classroom above the heater.
As for Uno - he's up and about these days. We had a frantic day on Monday looking for him after we successfully transferred him onto another Pittosporum plant (variegated leaves this time). He seemed to hover around the mid height of the plant, doing his little sway dance after being transferred. Apparently that is typical Phasmid behaviour as they try to imitate a moving leaf! Can't fool us, Uno. Well, actually you did for about a day. I though it'd be easier to spot Uno in the variegated foliage, which is also less dense than the previous plant. But alas, not.
Today, Uno was found "hiding" right on the top of the perspex door. Looking... looking... on the plant, and then there he was right before our eyes. We'll have to be careful when opening the door in future - don't want to put our fat fingers on him by accident. We even got excited when we spotted Uno's poo stuck to the door in the condensation! All part of honing our observation skills!
Whilst Uno was posing so boldly on the door, we took the opportunity to measure him and do a photo shoot. The quality of photo is average, but at least it's recording the milestones!
Sadly, one of the hatchlings at another school died on the weekend. It sounded as though he was not moving much, and then not at all. They had a second one hatch and now look after that one.
News flash - we were in the local Ocean Grove "The Voice" newspaper last week. It showed our students excitedly looking after the eggs.
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