Lamproblatta sp. "Uvita" = Lamproblatta albipalpus!

After a little chat with Dominic Evangelista, who I consider the leading expert on all things Lamproblatta, in which I sent him photos of my Lamproblatta sp. "Uvita, Costa Rica", he was able to identify them as L.albipalpus, based off the subgenital plate morphology and the bulbously inflated first segment on the male's hind tarsis (the latter feature was not very clearly visible in my pictures but I was able to confirm after examining one of my males in person). So nice to have a species ID on these beauties!

Oh, I guess I should mention that not only did all the nymphs I started with mature successfully, but they've bred well, have been laying lots of oothecae, and now the next generation has started hatching out! So seems they are doing quite well for me.

Adult male

Oothecae

Looks like I'm well on my way to establishing a healthy colony of this species, and should be able to make them available here within a couple months or so!

Anyways, that does it for this post, thanks for reading, and I'll see you all next time! 😉