I have mine set up in a well ventilated container with an inch or so of leftover substrate from some other breeding project I've forgotten (so a mix of coco fiber, sand and I think a little clay too), topped with coco coir chunks, bark and leaf litter. I am keeping them fairly humid, at around 75-85F, and am offering dog food and fish food pellets as their supplemental diet, as well as some calcium carbonate chunks.
Here are some pics of them:
A beautiful species, I would like to acquire some of the other color forms in the future as well. Glad they are doing well for me, hopefully they will continue to do so!
At some point last year I got some Cubaris sp. "Black Bear" from my buddy Ty at Ty Dye Exotics, and I keep forgetting to post about them! They are a cute, velvety species that seems fairly easy to rear and breed, though a bit slow growing/breeding. They are part of an undescribed genus that also includes some other species like sp. "Kayson Honey".
I have them in a moderately ventilated setup with an inch or so of coco fiber and coco coir chunks as the substrate, topped with bark pieces and leaf litter. I am keeping them humid, at around 75F, and am feeding them dog food and calcium carbonate chunks as their supplemental foods.
Here are some photos of 'em!
A very underrated species IMO, these and the Amber Fireflies are now on my For Sale list BTW, if anyone is interested in adding some to their own collections. 😜
My Asiopus minimus are doing well and have exploded in numbers. They are evidently a very easy to keep species, not sensitive to crowding much at all.
Here's a single picture I took of a glob of adults:
Glad these have done so well for me, another species to add to my ever growing assortment of Tenebrionid colonies.
My Cariblatta minima have also been doing quite well, and I really don't have anything noteworthy to add as an update. I just got a somewhat decent picture of a bunch of them chowing down on dog food recently and figured I'd post it here.
A neat little species that I think a lot more people should keep.
My Byrsotria rothi have all not only matured, but have bred as well. I can't believe I never kept these before, these are SO underrated! The males have some neat morphology and wing shape, and I love the dark reds the females have on their abdomen. 😍
Here are some pictures of an adult pair:
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This genus in general is so underrated, but this species in particular is ridiculously slept on! I hope to see more hobbyists keeping them in the future, along with some of the other "forgotten" hobby staples that have sort of fallen into obscurity now with the influx of more "interesting" species that have entered culture as of late.
I moved my Paranauphoeta formosana to a larger 5 gallon bin recently, and weirdly they've been having a lot of die off in the process. I think the sudden change of environment, combined with slightly less ventilation and higher humidity in that setup may have been to blame. I have since let the setup dry out some more, though I may also add some more ventilation soon. The die offs seem to have slowed down though, and I've seen several litters born lately, so I'm not too worried ATM.
Anyways, got some group photos of some adults recently:
It's so dang hard to get even somewhat decent photos of this species, the adults are SO SKITTISH. They are much prettier in person than in photos IMO, these have also fallen into obscurity recently I feel, despite their attractive patterning and former popularity.
Anyways, that's gonna do it for this post. Thanks for reading, hope everyone enjoyed, and I'll see you all next time! 😉
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