First New Arthropods of 2017!

[BringontheBugs]

Hey!

Check out me new post to see the first arthropods that I've acquired in 2017!

http://allaboutarthropods.blogspot.com/2017/01/first-new-arthropods-of-2017.html

 

[Lalaland]

Can't wait to see picks of the beetles when fully developed! How big will they grow?

 

[CosbyArt]

@All About Insects Best of luck with your superworms (Zophobas morio). I thought though you were done with new species until the move?

I had no issue with a simular mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) and the population grew out of control rather quickly (a count/weight put their numbers over 10000 mealworms when I quit culturing them). Just avoid escapees! I had many worms escape from a loose lid (long story) and it took me a month to finally stop finding and capturing any loose ones - it was crazy.

Sorry to hear about the A.tesselata nymph passed already. You should pin it to save it, that would be a good excuse to start a pinned collection too.

 

[BringontheBugs]

@All About Insects Best of luck with your superworms (Zophobas morio). I thought though you were done with new species until the move?

I had no issue with a simular mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) and the population grew out of control rather quickly (a count/weight put their numbers over 10000 mealworms when I quit culturing them). Just avoid escapees! I had many worms escape from a loose lid (long story) and it took me a month to finally stop finding and capturing any loose ones - it was crazy.

Sorry to hear about the A.tesselata nymph passed already. You should pin it to save it, that would be a good excuse to start a pinned collection too.

Thanks! Well I technically already had them before I made that comment. :lol:  I have a small bit of Christmas cash left over that I'd like to spend on one more nice species of isopod since I already have a couple containers leftover to house some in(my parents mostly are just against more containers, not necessarily new species), then I'll be done.   

These guys require a bit more maintenance, they will cannibalize pupae, so each mature larvae need to be isolated into individual deli-cups for pupation(or possible a large community pupation container). But besides that, yea they're pretty straight forward and I don't think I'll have any issues.  Yikes, that does sound like it was crazy!

How does pinning work, you have to de-gut the specimen right?

 

[BringontheBugs]

Can't wait to see picks of the beetles when fully developed! How big will they grow?

Thanks! Although you can alternatively just look up Zophobas morio if you want to see what they'll look like before they turn into beetles.  They'll be 24-28 mm at maturity.

 

[CosbyArt]

Thanks! Well I technically already had them before I made that comment. :lol:  I have a small bit of Christmas cash left over that I'd like to spend on one more nice species of isopod since I already have a couple containers leftover to house some in(my parents mostly are just against more containers, not necessarily new species), then I'll be done.   

These guys require a bit more maintenance, they will cannibalize pupae, so each mature larvae need to be isolated into individual deli-cups for pupation(or possible a large community pupation container). But besides that, yea they're pretty straight forward and I don't think I'll have any issues.  Yikes, that does sound like it was crazy!

How does pinning work, you have to de-gut the specimen right?

Ah, always a loophole.

I saw that, with some keepers going so far as to use the craft/tackle boxes to house each individually. Seems like a pain, but easy enough to feed each for awhile so it works out. Good to hear though and best of luck with breeding them.

For pinning larger specimens it is recommended, for cockroaches though I'm not sure how that one would go. If nothing else ask on the roach forum, and keep the roach in the freezer until you can pin it (as it will keep it fresh, and can be stored that way for at least a year - according to many that sell specimens that is).

 

[Lalaland]

Thanks! Although you can alternatively just look up Zophobas morio if you want to see what they'll look like before they turn into beetles.  They'll be 24-28 mm at maturity.

True enough ! lol but its always different and more interesting to know from other people than on random pictures of the internet.