Jenn, this drove me absolutely insane for a full day until I decided I had to just give up trying to figure it out. Plus, the next day I found Spike and I just gave up trying to figure
anything out. I do have a
T. grans colony, 7 WC adults that live next to the alpestris tank. They have never laid (that I ever saw or knew of!!). I also have a colony of cb two-year olds, I've never even seen them amplex yet. (Separate tank). The
alpestris tank is about three years old, I started with a pair that bred shortly after they arrived.
(see:
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f1173-...-gallery/39245-mytotally-unexpected-eggs.html
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f1173-...y/48012-my-totally-unexpected-eggs-hatch.html)
They bred the first year, not last year, and this year they (now much increased from the original three) bred again. So I found this
grans in with the
alpestris babies/adults. I was just looking through the vegetation, cleaning up detritus, and there he was! I am NOT in the habit of putting things from one tank to the other without washing it, and I haven't even added anything new to the
alpestris tank recently that I can even think of. It's really stumping me. My theory above in post 6 is really my best theory. My other best theory is, that when Michael visited me in September, he pranked me with this when I wasn't looking. But he denies it. I almost wish he had, because then I'd have an explanation. I've never gotten anything directly from Audrey, though I suspect that my colony of two-year olds hatched in her domain. Any theories you have, please pass them along!
And yes, all my
T. grans are accounted for!