Hisserdude Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I might get some of these next year, they apparently have been seen in ID, near me. Does anybody know how long the adult lifespan is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanBuck Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 A couple years I believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Ok, cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrackerpants Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 FYI: This species does not do well in captivity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrackerpants Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Why not? To my knowledge people have not figured out how to get them to live long term in captivity. Much like the solpugids they often die after a short time. I base this on reading lots of online reports and my knowledge of many people I know that have tried and have had them die anywhere from a month to six months after bringing them in to captivity. If someone is reading this and they have had success please let up know. I have had some success with U.S. indigenous solpugids but this was based on simply making their enclosure only slightly larger than their body size and feeding them minimal food. I had no success with incubating their eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Ahhh, that sucks. I will still try and keep them, who knows, I may be successful, lol! Thanks for the advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrackerpants Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Ahhh, that sucks. I will still try and keep them, who knows, I may be successful, lol! Thanks for the advice. Cool! If you can update us with your progress with this species that would be great. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Cool! If you can update us with your progress with this species that would be great. Good luck Will do! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 To my knowledge people have not figured out how to get them to live long term in captivity. Much like the solpugids they often die after a short time. I base this on reading lots of online reports and my knowledge of many people I know that have tried and have had them die anywhere from a month to six months after bringing them in to captivity. If someone is reading this and they have had success please let up know. I have had some success with U.S. indigenous solpugids but this was based on simply making their enclosure only slightly larger than their body size and feeding them minimal food. I had no success with incubating their eggs. I've kept one of mine for roughly 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrackerpants Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I've kept one of mine for roughly 2 years. Wow! What species? Please tell us what you are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Wow! What species? Please tell us what you are doing. It was an unidentified Stenopelmatus sp. from CA. I purchased 4 individuals from a friend of mine. When I first got them, I didn't know how to keep them so I kept them in sand, which turned out to be the worst choice ever as all four got sick and started loosing tarsi and antennae. Just few months after I received them, I ended up with a single "sickly looking" specimen. At that time, I was pretty much giving up hope on this guy and dumped him into the Nauphoeta cinera enclosure and forgot about it until about 5 months later. I saw a huge figure moving in the Nauphoeta enclosure so I dug up the eco earth in the cage and checked what was inside. To my surprise, a gigantic adult male Stenopelmatus was sitting in there. So, I left him in the enclosure and took out all the lobster roaches inside, and I fed him some live crickets and dog chows occasionally. This guy guy continued to live for another year until it started loosing antennae and became sluggish, and one day I found sitting on the substrate, dead. On a side note, I received 4 Stenopelmatus sp. (one died recently )two CA people so I'm hoping to have some luck with these guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Cool! Thanks for the information, I will definitely not keep them on sand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrackerpants Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Wow! That is great. Can you let us know what the Nauphoeta cinera enclosure was like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Wow! That is great. Can you let us know what the Nauphoeta cinera enclosure was like? It was basically a gallon plastic container (around 8" X 16") with substrate filled up to about 3/4 of it and a piece of egg crate was placed on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrackerpants Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 It was basically a gallon plastic container (around 8" X 16") with substrate filled up to about 3/4 of it and a piece of egg crate was placed on top. Was the sub moist? What was the sub made of? What temp? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Was the sub moist? What was the sub made of? What temp? Thanks! It was semi-moist, and was made of eco earth. Temp was around 80s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrackerpants Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 It was semi-moist, and was made of eco earth. Temp was around 80s Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Many premature captive deaths are the result of horsehair worms. The Insect Zoo has yet to get a JC which hasn't had a worm... there's no way to tell until a day or two before the stupid thing emerges. Good story, Cariblatta! I'm sure he enjoyed living with so much potential food! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Finally acquired some of these, 3 immatures, to be exact. Here are some pics of the largest one. Hopefully I can rear them to adulthood, and then maybe try and breed them. Aren't they so cute? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 Some more pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Hey Cariblatta, Was the sand you used by any chance calcium sand? Calcium sand is apparently very bad for invertebrates, and makes them sick. Maybe that is why yours died when kept on sand? Because these guys often live in dunes, so I would think they would love sand. Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Hey Cariblatta, Was the sand you used by any chance calcium sand? Calcium sand is apparently very bad for invertebrates, and makes them sick. Maybe that is why yours died when kept on sand? Because these guys often live in dunes, so I would think they would love sand. Just curious. I used the sand I collected from Florida near a lake, which may have contained calcium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Ah ok. Weird, that should have been just fine for them. Oh well. Just got another shipment of these guys, I'm up to 8 Jerusalem crickets! Can't wait to try to breed them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted July 10, 2016 Author Share Posted July 10, 2016 So my 8 nymphs have been doing very well, a protien rich diet seems to be the key to keeping these. One male nymph does looks pretty sickly at the moment, but the rest are great. One of my males seems to have matured and my largest female just molted to maturity a couple of days ago, man is she big! Now that I have an adult pair I'm going to fatten the female up and attempt to mate them, which I may or may not tape. Hopefully I will be successful, if my male kills her I will be pretty upset... Here are some pictures of the adult female, (Her name is Swirl, pretty sure you can guess why): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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