Fingerlakefeeders Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Noticed a few of these in a mixed culture of Porcellio laevis Milkback x Orange. Other than the fact nobody else has been able to do the cross, I do not believe these are a cross due to the expression of melanin in the cuticle. I found 11 individuals in a culture of several hundred. Most of the others were normal Milkbacks. I purposefully did not feed any food with significant carotenoids to avoid any false positives. Not sure if it will take, but I have isolated them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua09 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 14 hours ago, Fingerlakefeeders said: Noticed a few of these in a mixed culture of Porcellio laevis Milkback x Orange. Other than the fact nobody else has been able to do the cross, I do not believe these are a cross due to the expression of melanin in the cuticle. I found 11 individuals in a culture of several hundred. Most of the others were normal Milkbacks. I purposefully did not feed any food with significant carotenoids to avoid any false positives. Not sure if it will take, but I have isolated them. Did the seller say about that the seller have both of those isopods (Porcellio laevis Milkback and Orange)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingerlakefeeders Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 Update - there are some orange F2s. Evidence suggests either there was a cross, however unlikely, or it is a spontaneous mutation. Once again, I am flummoxed by the genetics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 I notice the milkbacks revert to dairy cow sometimes, curious if some of these will revert to orange dairy cow, good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingerlakefeeders Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 Thank you, Sir! I appreciate the feedback. As evidenced by the pic, some of the original stock isolated became very ordinary looking. Not all, though. I took another look last night and the F2s are quite variable. There are regular milkbacks, pale yellow milkbacks, whites, yellows, oranges, and pieds. Like I stated earlier, I have no idea what is going on. Fingers crossed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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