Thanks!
This species is really simple; room temp (72-80), lots of humidity. Raised mainly in deli cups until pre-sub. Females are much more tolerant of males than other Rhombodera species. And they are nice and big! I'm incubating a few ooths so I'll have nymphs for sale soon.
Not very communal at all. I experimented since I had a hatch of over 360 from a single ooth last generation and the population dwindled greatly over time even with plentiful food. I separated around L4-L5 and it's good I did.
. I told myself I would sit in front of the computer for 1 minute while I had the flies in the freezer, that was 20 minutes ago. Lol
What should the incubation for these ooths be? I now have an ooth each from 2 mated females. I believe I should be getting another one soon from the first female. Hopefully the mating was successful. I'm just looking for an idea of the time the ooth will take to hatch, temps, humidity, etc.
I had no trouble mating my first female. She was very receptive and made no attempt to attack the male before or after mating. However, I wasn't patient and attempted to mate the second female too soon before she was calling. She attacked the male, and he died a few days later. A few days after he died, she started calling. It's very obvious with this species.
Unfortunately not. It was too beautiful to last.
R.I.P. BBs...Dammit Precarious, you sucked me in with all the pretty colors of the rainbow and now I just froze +30 BB flies
I incubate all my ooths the same. Mist in morning and again at night. Place on high shelf so they catch a couple extra degrees of heat. That's it. In 40 days it will explode with nymphs. I sure hope there are enough people that want these. Sounds like there will be a ton of them very soon.Great video. Looks very familiar.
She's a beauty! That's for sure.
