jebbewocky Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jebbewocky Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 My colony started from 2 B.giganteus in 2010 and I've been through maybe four or five generations? I've seen a LOT of variation in my colony with wing and pronotum markings, which is really surprising for them being as inbred as they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jebbewocky Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 Also, I want to be clear given my prior topic on hybrids: I keep the two species in two entirely different container in different parts of the room, have two cats, and I'm also given to understand that B.giganteus can't hybridize. Further, I've only had the B.cranifer since September, and all were nymphs at the time. Nowhere near enough time to mature, reproduce, and have an adult B.giganteus x cranifer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Totally normal. These things pop up in my colonies all the time. On a related note, I would be inclined to think that the genes for roach characteristics that are found in distantly related species (for example, the pronotum color/pattern of E. decipiens and P. australasiae looks the same; some other things like bright red legs also seem to fall into this category) are the result of the same genes or convergent mutations of those genes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrackerpants Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Totally normal. These things pop up in my colonies all the time. On a related note, I would be inclined to think that the genes for roach characteristics that are found in distantly related species (for example, the pronotum color/pattern of E. decipiens and P. australasiae looks the same; some other things like bright red legs also seem to fall into this category) are the result of the same genes or convergent mutations of those genes. Thanks for ^^this^^. I was wondering about this as I see the same thing in my B.giganteus colony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jebbewocky Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Glad to know those are normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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