Mold in pupating d grantii container

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Hey! So I left my d grantii grub with a friend for a week while I was out of town and returned to find mold throughout the container! It’s not his fault because he did everything I told him to do but I’m not sure what to do about it. My grub has constructed a pupal cell and is extremely wrinkly so she’s going to pupate any day now. I don’t want to move her and damage her or her cell, what should I do? The mold is white and has thin root-like structures throughout 

 
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Mold is nothing you need to be worried about. You can just let it be BUT if the mold is covering the whole substrate you need to mix the substrate around. Also just make a artificial pupal cell for your grub. 

 
Dynastes TItyus hunter said:
Mold is nothing you need to be worried about. You can just let it be BUT if the mold is covering the whole substrate you need to mix the substrate around. Also just make a artificial pupal cell for your grub. 
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Should I make an artificial cell or mix it around? I read that you should only move to an artificial cell in emergencies because of the risks of handling pupae

 
Take out the pupae VERY CAREFULLY and put it in the artificial cell. If the pupal cell is broken that is an emergency. In which you should move your pupae into the artificial cell. WAIT. If your grub still hasn't pupated yet you can move it gently not VERY CAREFULLY. Only because your insect is still a larvae. 

 
Dynastes TItyus hunter said:
Take out the pupae VERY CAREFULLY and put it in the artificial cell. If the pupal cell is broken that is an emergency. In which you should move your pupae into the artificial cell. WAIT. If your grub still hasn't pupated yet you can move it gently not VERY CAREFULLY. Only because your insect is still a larvae. 
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The cell isn’t broken though? There’s just mold around it 

 
As Fire Moth said, the mold shouldn't be that big of an issue. But if you are worried, you can move the pupa to an artificial cell. 

 
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