Blepharopsis Consolidated

[gripen]

No but she is close.

 

[agent A]

did she mate yet?

 

[gripen]

I have no adult males. All pre sub.

 

[gripen]

Little catch up. My female has laid one ooth and it looks like another is on the way. I just had a male moult to sub adult as well!

 

[Mime454]

Was anyone trying to keep these in deli cups? I don't think that they can tolerate the cloth lids. All of mine would invariably get stuck where they couldn't move on the lid. I've switched my last remaining one to a smaller cup with a coffee filter for the lid.

 

[gripen]

Was anyone trying to keep these in deli cups? I don't think that they can tolerate the cloth lids. All of mine would invariably get stuck where they couldn't move on the lid. I've switched my last remaining one to a smaller cup with a coffee filter for the lid.

Mine did fine on cloth lids. they lived on them there whole lives.

 

[sinensispsyched]

I should be getting some bleph nymphs or an ooth next week, I sure can't wait to try out this incredible species!

 

[Mime454]

My last one fell during a molt. I think that the lid really messed up his feet so much that he couldn't grip anything. Plan to get more though soon. Hopefully will have better luck, I've never lost a species so fast.

 

[sinensispsyched]

I have got an ooth incubating under 90 oF for 14 hour days with a drop to 68 oF at night. I have a cloth lid deli with excelsior and sanded sides. Oh, and i mist abt every other day. Does this sound suffient?

If it hatches, I'll have a lot of excess nymphs for sale within the next month!

 

[twolfe]

My last one fell during a molt. I think that the lid really messed up his feet so much that he couldn't grip anything. Plan to get more though soon. Hopefully will have better luck, I've never lost a species so fast.

When I keep the nymphs in plastic enclosures, I do use a cloth lid until I switch them from Melanogaster ff to Hydei ff. I also keep rafia in the deli cup. Most hang out on the lid. I haven't had too many issues with molting. You could try adding some sticks next time.

 

[Mime454]

When I keep the nymphs in plastic enclosures, I do use a cloth lid until I switch them from Melanogaster ff to Hydei ff. I also keep rafia in the deli cup. Most hang out on the lid. I haven't had too many issues with molting. You could try adding some sticks next time.

I had raffia, but no sticks. I'll try that when I get some again.

 

[RevWillie]

I got a great tip from RichS - if you are short on houseflies, or the B. mendica are being finicky, THEY LOVE HYDEI. Every time I put 5-10 Hydei in with my L4/L5s, they inhale them as fast as they can!

... and Hydei are easier to get and maintain in the dead of winter than other flies.

 

[sally]

Blepharopsis molting question..... My male and female both molted to adult the same day( middle of June). It is now middle of August. I have 2 girls from the same hatch that are still sub adult and have not molted for 2 months. They are eating and seem fine. They were kept exactly the same as the other B mendicas but won't molt. What is going on? Anybody know?

 

[twolfe]

Wish I knew. Do they have any injuries? If they are healing or missing a leg, they can take longer.

With this species, I sometimes have one that stalls and takes longer to molt to an adult. A former forum member and I got our first nymphs around the same time (May/June 2011). I sent him a male that was offspring from my original stock that he mated with a female that was from original stock. The majority of mine typically molt to adults about four months after they hatch. His took over eight months. But I've had a few that took longer.

Hope yours do OK!

 

[sally]

Thanks, Tammy. They aren't missing anything. They seem normal, just growing verrry sloooowly, lol.