Here she is in all her iridescent glory:
Such a beautiful species, seemingly easy to breed/rear as well (we'll see if I can get the larvae to pupate successfully though, I've not got the best track record with scarabs in that regard).
Next up, all of my Copiphora sp. "Tarapoto, San Martin, Peru" have matured, I have paired them (which was rather easy, just left a pair together overnight in 5 gallon bin, then rinsed and repeated), and the females have been laying eggs prolifically, straight into the substrate.
While these haven't been super difficult to rear, as I find myself increasingly short on space and time for keeping predatory species, I'm going to do one of two things this next generation. I will either sell off all nymphs that hatch out from this next generation, OR throw a bunch of them together and attempt a communal rearing setup. I don't have very high hopes for the latter, however the adults at least did not seem very aggressive towards each other at all, at least not with enough space and on full stomachs. 🤷 But yeah not super interested in rearing another generation in isolation, especially with dozens more nymphs to care for, so it's either communal setup or nothing. 😅
Here are some pictures of the adults:
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I'll be sure to keep y'all posted on their progress!
Onto the next and more recent update, most of my Eucorydia dasytoides forma zonata "Taiwan" have finally matured! Females have been pumping ooths out prolifically, so hopefully there will be a big baby boom soon! 🤞
Here are some pictures of these absolute stunners:
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Absolutely in love with this species, IMO the most iconic of the genus. 😊
My Arenivaga sp. "Animas, NM" have finally started to pop off (it would seem adding some sand to their substrate got them ovipositing more regularly), and I'll likely make them available within the next few months. Which is cool since I consider them one of the more unique strains of Arenivaga in culture, and I've been unable to even tentatively ID them thus far.
Anyways I got some random pictures of a male the other day that I wanted to dump here:
Similar to tonkawa, but the morphology is more slender (both in males and females), and the wing length longer than the tonkawa strains I've seen. That and the difference in breeding rates/husbandry leads me to believe it's definitely not A.tonkawa.
My next generation of Hemithyrsocera vittata have started maturing, and they are overdue for an enclosure upgrade as well, which I plan to do sometime next week.
Anyways, here are some pictures of one of the new adult females:
This is one of those species that never gets old to just look at a colony of, with how stunning both nymphs and adults are in their coloration.
I've had a random, small Lithobiomorpha sp. get into some of my enclosures as of late. They seem to be one of the species that feeds quite a bit on decaying organic material, dog food, fruits, etc., and thus far have not bother any of the inverts they've been housed with. They seem to prefer moist conditions, and relatively organically rich substrates as well.
Here are some pictures of one of the little cuties:
I have started offering these for sale, not sure if it's something anyone would be interested in, but I have plenty to spare and find them rather cute, so hey, why not? 🤷 😆
I don't know if I ever covered this, but uh, yeah I got Platymeris guttatipennis again. This time for myself, as the person I'd passed the last group I got onto sadly failed with theirs.
They've done rather well for me, my initial group bred and most died off by now, but their offspring have done well in my care and most are subadults themselves now. Care seems pretty standard for the genus.
Anyways, I fed them some excess Porcellio hoffmannseggi "White-Out" males the other day and snagged some pictures of a large nymph feeding on one:
Can't wait until the next generation matures and starts breeding, after which I will then start distributing this species through the US hobby more.
So far, despite some initial reports, it seems Porcellio succinctus is really not that difficult a species to breed, as mine have been absolutely thriving for me. They've also thrown out a lot of solid white individuals, which I've started moving to a setup of their own to hopefully isolate that morph.
Here are a couple pictures of a large female and a smaller immature:
As far as Spanish Porcellio go, these have got to be one of my favorites.
Lastly, my Therea olegrandjeani have been doing well, and I decided to get some better pictures of some adults a little while back.
Here are those pictures:
An iconic species, that I'm glad to actually have pure stock of (something that may become harder to find in the near future, as Therea hybrids are unfortunately being distributed now).
Well, that does it for this post, thanks for reading, hope everyone enjoyed, and I'll see you all next time! 😉
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