More Exciting Updates!

I have had some degree of success rearing Eusattus muricatus finally. Though to what degree, we'll have to see. At the very least I was successful in rearing the vast majority of the larvae produced from last year's WC adults to a mature size, and while I've isolated a few to their own deli cups for isolated pupation, I left the majority together to attempt some communal pupation... we'll see how that goes.

One of the larvae I isolated did pupate and eclose into a healthy adult recently, so here are a couple pics of it while still teneral:

Hopefully there will be many more adults where this came from, so I can finally get an F2 of this adorable species and maybe make CBB larvae available. 🤞😄

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I had some Nagrurus cristatus hitchhike into my collection with roaches I got from Kyle at Roachcrossing, so naturally I set them up in their own enclosure. Several months later and I now have a robust colony going!

Keeping them in a minimally ventilated enclosure with an inch of coco fiber and sand, topped with bark and leaf litter. Offering them dog food as the supplemental diet, keeping them humid and at around 75-80F°.

Here are a couple pictures of a cluster of 'em:

If anyone's interested in these, I have plenty available now. 😊

EDIT 5/28: I double checked and asked Kyle the species again, apparently they are actually N.nanus, not N.cristatus.

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My cf. Hesperochernes sp. "Livonia, MI" are thriving! They really seem not to be too cannibalistic, and feed well on Oribatids and tropical pink springtails. I really don't think they'd be effective Oribatid control unfortunately, they just don't eat enough ofthem to prove useful I'm afraid.

Anyways, here's a couple pictures of a group of these cuties:

Love these derpy little guys!

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Recently I received a species I've been lusting after, Cubaris sp. "Lemon Blue", from Kyle at Roachcrossing. These are beautifully colored isopods, however it seems their yellow coloration only really pops if their diet is high in beta carotene. So I've been feeding mine color enhancing cichlid pellets, and I gotta say, the results have been pretty good! 😁

I have them housed in a well ventilated gallon shoebox with a thin layer of coco fiber topped with coco coir chunks, sphagnum moss, and leaf litter. They've got cork bark for hides, and as previously mentioned I an feeding them cichlid pellets as their supplemental diet. I'm keeping two thirds of the enclosure humid, the rest dry, and have them at around 85F°.

Here are a few photos of these stunners:

Such a lovely species, and one I'm happy to say is breeding for me! 😊

Well, that does it for this post! Thanks everyone for reading, hope you enjoyed, and I'll see y'all next time! 😉