Monday, January 19, 2026

New Earwigs, Isopods & Roaches!

I traded Josh Suds for some Labidura riparia from Imperial Dunes CA, which is a more variably colored line of this species than my "Lake Placid, FL" stock, with paler, more colorful adults. So far they've been just as easy to culture, and are breeding quite well for me. 😄

I've got them housed in a moderately ventilated 5 gallon gasket bin with a few inches of sand/coco fiber substrate (mostly sand), which I'm keeping humid. I'm keeping them at around 75-85F°, and am feeding them dog food, fish food pellets, micro-roaches and dwarf white isopods.





Such a large and impressive earwig species, I hope to acquire a more consistently pallid, sand colored strain here eventually!

Thanks to Kyle at Roachcrossing, I now have true Euborellia annulipes, from Tuscaloosa, AL. My previous "annulipes" were actually E.cincticollis, and it's nice to actually have both now. 😄 Real annulipes have shorter antennae than cincticollis, and annulipes are a much more stout and chubby looking earwig IMO.

I've got them housed in a moderately ventilated container with a few inches of coco fiber mixed with a little sand, topped with a few small bark pieces. I'm keeping them humid, at around 75F°, and am feeding them dog food as the staple diet.





They are breeding quite well for me already, definitely seems like a good beginner's earwig. 😄

Another gift from Edwin at Ezeddies, I now have the "Tapir" morph of Cubaris sp. "Panda King". These have reduced grey coloration on the front half of their bodies, and though the patterning seems a bit variable still, most come out with barely any grey coloration on their front segments. Others just look like a slightly less patterned, normal "Panda King".

They are housed in a well ventilated enclosure with a substrate of coco fiber topped with sphagnum moss and leaf litter, as well as some bark hides. I'm keeping them moist, at around 75F°, and am feeding them dog food as their supplemental diet. 



Needless to say, they are breeding quite well for me, it's hard to mess up with sp. "Panda King". 😆

Last but not least, I recently traded Tiller Dale for a new strain of Arenivaga floridensis from "Poinciana, FL". This strain is most similar to the "Ocala" locality IMO, though males seem to come out a bit paler, and the females are differently patterned as well. 

I've got them housed in a moderately ventilated container with a couple inches of sand substrate, topped with leaf litter. I'm keeping a third of the sand moist, the rest dry, and have them at around 80-85F°. I'm feeding them dog food and fish food pellets as their staple diet.











A very pretty strain, the female has been laying ooths pretty regularly, and I have a subadult female about to mature (and will hopefully still have males alive to mate her when she does). So it's looking good as far as establishing a colony of them goes. 🤞😄

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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