I've decided to isolate some of these high orange individuals for a selective breeding project to see if I can get a colony breeding true for this coloration.
I also have seen some striped individuals with black stripes on their abdomen so thick, there's barely any of the ivory present. I might try and isolate and breed for a true breeding colony of those too in the future, but for now I'm not interested in working on that.
I am however, interested in isolating a clean, true breeding "Tiger" line that only throws out cleanly striped, high contrast black/ivory adults, preferably with nice red thoracic pads. This is IMO, the most classic look for this strain, so I would like a colony that only produces these individuals. So that's what I've set out to do, I've isolated several freshly matured adults that I'm hoping will serve as good founding stock for this project.
The females could use some more work IMO, so I'll work on selectively breeding for females with cleaner striping each generation until I'm happy with the results.
My Parcoblatta zebra "Montgomery, AL" colony has exploded, they are doing very well in their well ventilated setup with a 50/50 humidity gradient. This really seems to be an optimal setup for most Parcoblatta, and I will need to update my caresheet to reflect that (a lot of my caresheets need some revisions, I've just not had the wherewithal to do so yet... 😅).
Would be neat to see more people getting into this genus, they remain one of our most underrated roach genera.
My Periplaneta lateralis colony, started from a single male and female, has exploded after moving them to a 5 gallon bin. This is great news, since they are a great feeder species for Platymeris and Pystalla, and I can now use them as such.
I recently acquired locality data stock from California that I'm debating putting in a 5 gallon as well... on the one hand it seems a waste of space, buuut more feeders, and locality data stock at that. 👀 🤣
Last, but not least, my Rochaina bilunata have started reaching L3, as of the 16th! This was noticeably faster than the transition from L1 to L2, and they've finally entered their velvety phase! 😄
These are some of the most adorable roaches I've ever seen! 😍 I think I will continue to document every instar of this species up until adulthood, that is if I'm lucky enough to rear them to maturity!
Anyways, that does it for this post, thanks for reading, hope everyone enjoyed, and I'll see you all next time! 😉
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