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Very nice, congrats! 😄 Hopefully the others mature soon!

Yup, that sounds like Leucocoprinus for sure. I oddly never get fruiting bodies either, just mycelium, probably too low of air humidity where I live. I'd keep only a small corner of the enclosure humid, the rest dry, and mix the substrate by hand pretty well during your routine maintenance. With any luck the mycelium will die back over the next few months as it degrades, it'll darken in color and eventually just disintegrate into the substrate. Takes months though.

That's good, hopefully it'll be all healed up by maturity. 😊

Is it mold, or is it Leucocoprinus mycelium? If it's the former, keeping the enclosure drier should get rid of the mold. If it's the latter, keeping them drier may also help, but in all likelihood you'll have to completely replace the substrate and start fresh in a clean enclosure, or let the mycelium die out naturally as it inevitably runs it's course (mixing up the substrate can help to speed this up).

Congrats, that's awesome! 😁

Me and a couple of friends just acquired this stock, hopefully they are pure (I should be able to tell within a generation or two), and we can establish them in the US hobby. 😁 These are in the same strain/locality complex as the "Tiger" and "Tricolor" lines, and are characterized by having very thick black striping (on females at least), and very little red coloration on the thoracic segments. For more information regarding the strain, see my recent blog post here.

Well a lot of people find hissers very cool and cute looking (myself included), this forum is aimed at people who love roaches and keep them as pets... So I'd try not to be so negative of them on here, this isn't quite the space for that kind of audience.

There are lots of roaches established in FL, both invasive AND native... But most of the invasives are house or greenhouse pests that are cosmopolitan, none of the common pet species are invasive there and likely won't ever be for various reasons. So not much to worry about there. Curious to see what "non-pest" roaches you've seen, perhaps some Eurycotis floridana?

Very interesting! Sounds like they're dang near predatory. 😂

I'd recommend a layer of silicone oil as a climbing barrier around the rim of the enclosure, you should probably also keep their container inside of another, larger container, also with a climbing barrier and airtight lid.

Well I don't think the "Black and White" or "Tricolor" strains were ever in the US TBH... No one ever bothered bringing those over here when we had the "Tiger" stock (all three probably came from the very same import/locale, but were purposely or inadvertently line bred for slightly different coloration). Might have some good news on the "Black and White" front soon though... 😉

Mine oddly weren't breeding for me, they seem to require a lot more space than other Eublaberus sp., and are a bit more picky in general. I kept a pair for myself but sent the rest to @Magnificent Beasts, who's already gotten several litters. I expect he'll start dispersing them further in the US hobby early next year.

I could probably do 5 nymphs... PM me.

We have confirmed Princisia vanwaerebeki "Tiger" x Aeluropoda insignis cross, and make fertile offspring... So I'm honestly of the opinion they can all probably hybridize, only real barrier is individual size. Gromphadorhina picea is what some people erroneously used to call black lines of portentosa (or "portentosa" hybrids) back in the day. G.picea is it's own species, don't think any exist in culture.

Oddly, holotype Gromphadorhina portentosa look very little like anything we have in culture... Though looking on INaturalist you can clearly see lots of sightings of portentosa from Madagascar that look exactly like the pure hobby stocks.

I mean, you can see the holotype specimens themselves for both species here: http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1174413 And here: http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1174416

A combination of lineage tracing, looking at morphology consistency and coloration consistency are all key to determining whether a stock is pure.

I've bred them, they aren't super difficult but do need very high, consistent moisture, lots of leaf litter, and they should not be kept that warm either.

Welcome (formerly) to the roach forum. 😄

Yeah, the adults are gorgeous. 😍 And yes, excellent care guide by Martin.

A beautiful strain of magnifica from temperate China. A bit smaller and more heavily textured than the Vietnamese strains in culture, and also needs a mild winter diapause. Here are some pictures of my new nymphs:

Hopefully they do well for you, would love to see that strain in the US hobby one of these days!

This species has stunning adults with metallic blue pronotums, and bright orange wings with metallic blue markings on them (often with a cute heart shape in the middle, hence the common name). You can see pictures of adults, as well as great care information for this genus on @Martin's site here. Here are some pictures of my new nymphs: I can't wait to see adults in person. 😍 This brings my total of Eucorydia in my collection to four, I now have forceps, linglong, westwoodi, and yasumatsui.

Some recent pictures I took of these beauties. Males: Male and female pair:

Here are some recent pictures I took, showcasing the color variation in my colony. Apparently the older import of this species usually only pops out the orange/reddish adults, whereas my colony from a more recent import also throws out darker grey females occasionally (about a third of the females end up grey).