I am happy to announce that one of my hisser morph projects has proven out, namely Princisia vanwaerebeki "Obsidian". 😁
This is a melanistic morph isolated from the Princisia vanwaerebeki "Big/Black - CCR 2017 Stock" line. That line commonly throws out darker individuals, but seldom ones without any red spots on the thoracic pads, or at least some very faint patterning on the abdominal margins. This "Obsidian" morph I've isolated sports completely black adults, with no other patterning.
Here are some pictures of an adult pair:
Hopefully these will be a popular morph! I am working on another project with this species, line breeding for the opposite coloration; the most abdominal striping and thoracic patterning possible. However that will probably take a lot longer to isolate to a level that I'm satisfied with. 😅
Next up, my Miogryllus saussurei have been doing alright, I realized I never got any pictures of adults though.
So without further delay, here's an adult female:
A cute little species that loves burrowing, hopefully I can make them more readily available in the future, especially seeing as I just rehoused them to a larger enclosure.
My Hyporhicnoda sp. "Venezuela" have not only matured successfully, but have bred for me as well! Seems the key is to just keep them very moist, with a deep substrate.
Here are some pictures of an adult pair:
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Hopefully we can finally get these established in the US hobby, would be nice for more of these South American species to be better established here.
Due to some unusual circumstances, last month or so I ended up with 4 adult females of Pseudoglomeris semisulcata. Unfortunately there were no males included, however if they were wild caught as adults (and I assume they were), then there's a nonzero chance that they're mated and could potentially produce offspring. Time will tell, but in the meantime I've set them up in their own enclosure with the hopes of getting lucky.
They are housed in a well ventilated enclosure with a thin layer of coconut fiber topped with coco coir chunks as the substrate. They have some hardwood and cork bark hides, and I'm keeping one third of the setup humid, the rest dry. These are one of three species in the alpine subgenus Glomerexis, and as such I'm keeping them at a cool 70-75F° (I would have provided a diapause but I believe they were already given a pretty harsh one prior to arriving to me). I'm feeding them dog food, artificial pollen, and fresh fruits.
Here are some pictures of one of the larger females:
I really hope I luck out with these, time will tell! 🤞
My current batch of Phortioeca sp. "Tena, Ecuador" have started to mature, which I'm very excited about! Hopefully I will be successful in breeding them this time, fingers crossed!
Here are some pictures of a large adult female I took the other day:
Such a beauty, Zetoborinae in general have to be one of my favorite roach subfamilies out there!
Lastly, my Princisia vanwaerebeki "Tiger" are doing phenomenally, seems they like it a lot more humid than most other hissers.
Anyways, I took pictures of one of my larger males the other day, which I figured I'd share here:
Such a pretty and underrated species, wish more people kept these!
Well, that does it for today's post! Thanks for reading, hope everyone enjoyed, and I'll see y'all next time! 😉
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