Some New Invertebrates, and Some Random Updates Pt 2!

Today I got my order from Orin McMonigle, which contained four Orin's roach nymphs, Dorylaea orini! This species is very beautiful, and can be challenging to breed for some keepers. Hopefully I will be able to breed them with relative ease, as this species is amazing!

One of the first things I noticed, (besides their speed and unwillingness to stay in their new enclosure), was their long antenna, this species has very long antenna compared to other roach species I have kept, and are comparable to cave cricket antenna in terms of length. They are also pretty acrobatic, and will jump short distances to get from hide to hide, (or from hand to hand).

Here are some pictures I took of a nymph, these guys rarely stay still and I was not able to get many good pictures:

Here is what most of the photo-shoot was like:

I can't wait until these mature, though they are prettier as nymphs. Hopefully I will be able to breed this amazing species!

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I got some images of my New Arenivaga cf. genitalis, which are settling into their new enclosure nicely.
Here are the pics:

Hopefully I will be able to breed these guys as well as my A.tonkawa, not enough people are keeping this genus!

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Here's an update on my Ergaula capucina. They are doing good, and the hatchlings are slowly growing. Many of the original nymphs I got from Peter are maturing, and most of them are males.
Here are some pictures I took of them today:

Female

Male

This cool species seems to be doing well, and I hope they will stay in my collection for many years to come!

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Here are some small updates on my Byrsotria species.
One of my female B.fumigata gave birth the other day which was surprising! She must have been carrying sperm from a male she was with before I got her.

Another female looks like she may burst, however that female matured in my care and she was in with the Byrsotria sp. "Cuba", which means that if she has babies they are hybrids. Hopefully she is not actually gravid, and is just carrying an unfertile ootheca.
Here are some pictures of one of the females:

My Byrsotria sp. "Cuba" have been doing good as well, and my females have been giving birth! Many of them have matured, and it seems like more hatchlings are on their way.
Here are some pictures of one of the males:

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And lastly, here is an update on my Mycetophagus sp. Most of the larva have pupated and eclosed, and there are many new adults in the enclosure. I put several pieces of cat food in the cage, which then molded over. The mold was sprayed with water which turned it into one big mat of mold, which the beetles don't seem to mind at all.
Here are a couple of pictures of them eating some old moldy cat food:

They do not eat dead roach bodies by the way, so if used as a clean up crew it would only be for leftover grain based foods like dog or cat food.

Anyway, that's gonna be it for today, I hope you guys enjoyed this post, and I will see you all tomorrow! :)

Some New Invertebrates, and Some Random Updates!

This week I have made a couple orders and a trade, and some of the new stuff has arrived!

First off, I made an order from Kyle at Roachcrossing, and as usual I am very happy with it!
I got:
A sexed pair of Arenivaga tonkawa (My male died due to dehydration, so I got another pair).
A sexed pair of Arenivaga cf. genitalis.
A sexed pair of African bullet roaches (Which some claim to be Neostylopyga propinqua).
And a starter colony of tropical pink springtails, Sinella curviseta.

Hopefully the springtails will do their magic and help get rid of the mites I have in my roach enclosures, they don't really seem to be bothering the roaches but they are unsightly and have huge numbers and they need to go.

Here are some pictures of the African bullets, (you guys have already seen A.tonkawa and my A.genitalis were too elusive to get pics):

Adult Female

I also purchased a species of roach from Orin McMonigle, unfortunately USPS has messed things up, and things have been delayed. Hopefully the package will arrive tomorrow.

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I made a trade with Uncommonroachboy from the Allpet Roach forum. I traded some of my Rhabdoblatta formosana nymphs for a sexed pair of Princisia vanwaerebeki "Big", which is a giant morph of P.vanwaerebeki. He also included a free Ergaula capucina ootheca, which was nice of him!

Here are some pics of the P.vanwaerebeki:

And here's a pic of the E.capucina ooth:

Hopefully both of the Princisia will mature and breed, this is a very pretty species and a pretty cool morph at that.

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Here's a small update on my Cariblatta lutea, the two males and single female are doing well, it seems like they have escaped the fungus. Hopefully the female will start laying ootheca, I really want to breed this species.
Here are some pictures of one of the males:

And here is the cage

I'll be sure to keep you guys updated on this species.

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My Eusattus muricatus have been doing well, and some of the eggs the adults have laid have been hatching! Quite a few of the adults have died off, I do not quite know why, perhaps they just don't have a long lifespan? Regardless, there are plenty of eggs and larva in the enclosure, so I'd say that this species does well in captivity.
Here are some pictures of the tiny larva:

Coelus, Coniontis and Eusattus seem to all have similar larva, and Eusattus and Coelus both have very large eggs in proportion to their bodies.

My Coelus have also been laying eggs, and those eggs have started to hatch!
Here is a picture of a Coelus egg:

I hope you guys enjoyed this long post, and I will see you all soon! :)

Gryllus Update, and some other Cricket stuff

I have 3 Gryllus cf. veletis left, one male and two females. The male may or may not have killed another male territoriality, but he does not seem to be showing any aggression towards the females. Hopefully they will mate, and the females will lay some eggs. I have mixed some sand in with their substrate to promote burrowing, as sandy substrates make stronger burrows. I will keep you guys updated on their progress.

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I caught a male Gryllus nymph when I was at the Bruneau sand dunes over a month ago, whether it is the same species as my other Gryllus or not has yet to be determined. He matured about a week ago, and has been chirping a lot.
Here are some pictures of him:

I'll be submitting some of these images to Bugguide.net, hopefully this guy will be identified!

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So I checked on my Embaphion muricatum larva yesterday, and found several tiny cricket nymphs in the container. I was quite confused, and asked the person I bought them from if he kept crickets in the same cage as his Embaphion. Apparently some Acheta domesticus escaped in the previous owner's house, and laid many eggs in some of his enclosures.

Some of those eggs were in substrate that he shipped the Scolopendra polymorpha "Rio Grand" in, and I used some of that substrate in my Embaphion enclosure. So it seems I have unintentionally gained a new species in my collection, which is a pleasant surprise! I will try to rear some to adulthood and breed them, which should be rather easy.

Well, that's gonna be it for today, I hope you guys enjoyed, and I'll see you all next post! :)

Blaberus Sp. "Hybrid" & Pycnoscelus nigra Update!

Two of my Blaberus sp. "Hybrid" nymphs have matured, and they are very good looking. They are definitely part craniifer, mixed with some other Blaberus species. They are both females, hopefully soon a male will mature as well.

Here are some pictures!

These are pretty cool, and seem to be very hardy. Hopefully in a matter of months I will have babies!

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One of my Pycnoscelus nigra nymphs has also matured, and boy is she beautiful! I love this species's jet black coloration, along with the reddish-brown legs. 

Here are some pictures of her:

Like Pycnoscelus surinamensis, this species is parthenogenic, so she should give birth within a few months, all by herself.

Well, that's gonna be it for today, I have lots of new inverts coming this week, so stay tuned! I'll see you all next post! :)