New Parymenopus davisoni bloodline

[Bug Trader]

A much needed new bloodline. We got a few nice looking females in.

 

[gripen]

She is very pretty

I have a couple of questions though.

Are you sure a new blood line is needed quite yet? Insects can go through many generations of inbreeding without many consequences.

Are you sure she is from a different blood line than the original ones that were imported?

Thanks!

 

[agent A]

they r cute!! got any males?

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

they r cute!! got any males?

I believe he only got females because of the large male to female ratio right now

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Nice job man, those are sub girls!!!

 

[brancsikia339]

nice! where's this bloodline from?

 

[Bug Trader]

Are you sure a new blood line is needed quite yet? Insects can go through many generations of inbreeding without many consequences.

Are you sure she is from a different blood line than the original ones that were imported?

Thanks!

These are from wc lines unrelated to the ones Paul produced. As for the consequences of inbreeding this species Im guessing we will know in the next year or two and a few of us plan to run a little controlled experiment on this subject with them but to be honest I believe in outbreeding as a more natural and responsible way to manage whats here. There are no risks to crossing the unrelated lines, we cant be sure about line breeding yet.

 

[brancsikia339]

These are from wc lines unrelated to the ones Paul produced. As for the consequences of inbreeding this species Im guessing we will know in the next year or two and a few of us plan to run a little controlled experiment on this subject with them but to be honest I believe in outbreeding as a more natural and responsible way to manage whats here. There are no risks to crossing the unrelated lines, we cant be sure about line breeding yet.

as long as we can keep them going then that's all that matters

 

[Bug Trader]

as long as we can keep them going then that's all that matters

Not really because if line breeding does take its toll we will end up with genetic flaws as well as a decline in successfull hatches and nymph counts if it gos like hymenopus or any other species that has a small gene pool. There is a point when you have to decide its time to stop before you line breed it into something unnatural. Without a line to new blood this can be an issue for a few species. I wouldnt keep producing flawed genetic versions of something just to keep it here.

 

[ismart]

Very nice looking girls. You will soon have a bunch of horndogs coming your way.

 

[brancsikia339]

Not really because if line breeding does take its toll we will end up with genetic flaws as well as a decline in successfull hatches and nymph counts if it gos like hymenopus or any other species that has a small gene pool. There is a point when you have to decide its time to stop before you line breed it into something unnatural. Without a line to new blood this can be an issue for a few species. I wouldnt keep producing flawed genetic versions of something just to keep it here.

and that's why it's good we have new bloodlines. We'll have to try our best to keep these going in the US. We'll probably have to make new bloodlines, though. Example: The nymphs from my female who isn't adult yet mated with your future nymphs and after a generation of that we'll need another bloodline

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

and that's why it's good we have new bloodlines. We'll have to try our best to keep these going in the US. We'll probably have to make new bloodlines, though. Example: The nymphs from my female who isn't adult yet mated with your future nymphs and after a generation of that we'll need another bloodline

I wouldn't say NEED, but it would help

 

[brancsikia339]

I wouldn't say NEED, but it would help

Well yes but just to make sure they are prolific