Habronattus8 4 Report post Posted February 21, 2018 My adults keep looking stranger and stranger! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanislas 188 Report post Posted February 21, 2018 You do not happen to live near a nuclear facility? In any case, this one looks indeed weird. Do you have many of these kind of patterns in your population? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vfox 27 Report post Posted February 22, 2018 If you have multiples like this separate them and start a breeding project, I've never seen color variance in them before so that's pretty neat. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Habronattus8 4 Report post Posted February 23, 2018 On 2/21/2018 at 8:33 AM, stanislas said: You do not happen to live near a nuclear facility? In any case, this one looks indeed weird. Do you have many of these kind of patterns in your population? I don’t happen to live near a nuclear facility lol! There is one other adult with a slightly unusual pattern, but not this unusual! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Habronattus8 4 Report post Posted February 23, 2018 On 2/21/2018 at 9:31 PM, vfox said: If you have multiples like this separate them and start a breeding project, I've never seen color variance in them before so that's pretty neat. I have yet to get a female like this to pair him with! It would be interesting to see how the babies turn out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 813 Report post Posted February 28, 2018 It's a fairly common color mutation in this species and in T.olegrandjeani, and it does seem that it can be passed down to the offspring. Isolating the morph completely will take a long time though, seeing as the nymphs take a whole year or two to mature... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Habronattus8 4 Report post Posted February 28, 2018 19 hours ago, Hisserdude said: It's a fairly common color mutation in this species and in T.olegrandjeani, and it does seem that it can be passed down to the offspring. Isolating the morph completely will take a long time though, seeing as the nymphs take a whole year or two to mature... Interesting! I don't have any adult females at all currently anyway, so I guess I won't be able to anyway! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
All About Arthropods 220 Report post Posted February 28, 2018 20 hours ago, Hisserdude said: It's a fairly common color mutation in this species and in T.olegrandjeani, and it does seem that it can be passed down to the offspring. Isolating the morph completely will take a long time though, seeing as the nymphs take a whole year or two to mature... Ah, but remember @Cariblatta lutea's dog food method that can get nymphs of at least T.olegrandjeani to adulthood in 6 months? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vfox 27 Report post Posted February 28, 2018 I need to know of this method. Lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cariblatta lutea 240 Report post Posted March 1, 2018 4 hours ago, vfox said: I need to know of this method. Lol Raise them strictly on dog food at 85F 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vfox 27 Report post Posted March 1, 2018 2 hours ago, Cariblatta lutea said: Raise them strictly on dog food at 85F I have about 15 medium nymphs so I'll give it a shot. Lol. What do you do for hydration? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 813 Report post Posted March 1, 2018 22 hours ago, All About Insects said: Ah, but remember @Cariblatta lutea's dog food method that can get nymphs of at least T.olegrandjeani to adulthood in 6 months? Oh yeah, I forgot about that lol! 18 hours ago, Cariblatta lutea said: Raise them strictly on dog food at 85F Now when you say strictly dog food, do you mean dead leaves shouldn't be offered at all? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cariblatta lutea 240 Report post Posted March 1, 2018 15 hours ago, vfox said: I have about 15 medium nymphs so I'll give it a shot. Lol. What do you do for hydration? I keep the substrate slightly moist but with ventilation so they get all the moisture from surroundings 23 minutes ago, Hisserdude said: Oh yeah, I forgot about that lol! Now when you say strictly dog food, do you mean dead leaves shouldn't be offered at all? leaves are optional but I eventually quit giving leaves to them 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 813 Report post Posted March 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Cariblatta lutea said: I keep the substrate slightly moist but with ventilation so they get all the moisture from surroundings leaves are optional but I eventually quit giving leaves to them Good to know, I'll be trying this with mine then! Got lots of new hatchlings in my enclosure now, I got around 175+ ooths from my last generation, and they are starting to hatch it seems! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cariblatta lutea 240 Report post Posted March 3, 2018 On 3/1/2018 at 6:43 PM, Hisserdude said: Good to know, I'll be trying this with mine then! Got lots of new hatchlings in my enclosure now, I got around 175+ ooths from my last generation, and they are starting to hatch it seems! Forgot to mention that I also gave fruits occasionally. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 813 Report post Posted March 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, Cariblatta lutea said: Forgot to mention that I also gave fruits occasionally. Good to know! I've offered mine fruits now and then, they never show much interest in it though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entomology_and_herpetology 1 Report post Posted January 28, 2019 On 2/28/2018 at 9:57 PM, Cariblatta lutea said: Raise them strictly on dog food at 85F Oh! This is really interesting I have a colony of ten T. petiveriana nymphs right now and I want to try this now! Do you use a specific brand/type? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entomology_and_herpetology 1 Report post Posted January 28, 2019 On 2/28/2018 at 9:57 PM, Cariblatta lutea said: Raise them strictly on dog food at 85F Oh! This is really interesting I have a colony of ten T. petiveriana nymphs right now and I want to try this now! Do you use a specific brand/type? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
