Hisserdude 878 Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Just got a sexed pair of nymphs from Kyle today! Female nymph: Subadult male: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
All About Arthropods 227 Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Cool! These are on my wish list! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted March 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Yep, they are a neat species, I can't wait until they mature! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mmfh 0 Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 I love the fuzzy look Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted March 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 I love the fuzzy look Yeah, lots of Corydiids are pretty hairy, even the more smooth looking ones have fine hairs all over them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted April 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 My subadult male is on death's door for some reason, and it's not because of the entomophagus fungus. The only thing I can think of that could have killed him was lack of moisture in the cage, but I thought these guys liked it bone dry. Now I have a moist corner in the cage, and he went to it, but I fear it's too late. Today has been a pretty bad day for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cariblatta lutea 259 Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 My subadult male is on death's door for some reason, and it's not because of the entomophagus fungus. The only thing I can think of that could have killed him was lack of moisture in the cage, but I thought these guys liked it bone dry. Now I have a moist corner in the cage, and he went to it, but I fear it's too late. Today has been a pretty bad day for me. Sorry to hear I've noticed that these guys tolerate more moisture than any other Arenivaga species I've had, and I know a guy who collected some in a rat burrow where it was semi moist with moist grass for them to feed on (you could see the green grass in nymph's gut. lol) so they might require more moisture than typical desert Arenivagas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted April 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 That's good to know, I'll be keeping a corner of the cage moist for now on. I'm gonna order some more from kyle, along with some other species. Hopefully they'll do better this go around! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cariblatta lutea 259 Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 That's good to know, I'll be keeping a corner of the cage moist for now on. I'm gonna order some more from kyle, along with some other species. Hopefully they'll do better this go around! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted April 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 I'll keep my fingers crossed for you Thanks, I appreciate it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted July 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 Some pictures of my females and male: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sleepy Lemur 18 Posted July 28, 2016 Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 Neat species. They're so much lighter in color than the corydiids I'm used to seeing. Good luck with the breeding! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted July 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 Neat species. They're so much lighter in color than the corydiids I'm used to seeing. Good luck with the breeding! I know, they look like very young Polyphaga saussurei to me, though this is pretty much adult coloration. Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jared 7 Posted July 28, 2016 Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 Wow, I love the colors! They look permanently freshly molted. Hope you're successful in breeding. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted July 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 Wow, I love the colors! They look permanently freshly molted. Hope you're successful in breeding. Yeah, they are pretty pallid colored. Thanks, I hope so too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted August 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Well my subadult male died... again. What the heck!?!?! This time they had plenty of moisture available, as well as bone dry substrate, and my females are doing good. It's like I can't keep the males of this species alive no matter what! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted September 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 Well, a year passed, and all my original individuals of this species died off, so I got new ones from Kyle. This time I've been successful in rearing males (and a female) to adulthood, which is great, hopefully they'll breed well for me! Here are some pictures of an adut male: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dactylus 33 Posted September 25, 2017 Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 Good luck with these! Nice photos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted September 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 4 hours ago, dactylus said: Good luck with these! Nice photos. Thanks, hopefully my female will start laying oothecae soon! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hisserdude 878 Posted March 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Well I had a small mishap with this species, all of the adult and subadult males started succumbing to fungal infections and died prematurely, and my females were refusing to lay any ooths. Luckily I was able to increase the ventilation greatly before any of the females died succumbed to the fungus as well, and now they have started laying ooths too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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