Hisserdude Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Got ten of these beauties to work with, hopefully I can get a colony established! 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomjoe Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Very nice looking. I hope they do good for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 10 hours ago, Randomjoe said: Very nice looking. I hope they do good for you. Thanks, definitely a beautiful species, hopefully I can get a breeding culture established! (gonna take a while though, they grow and breed quite slowly). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamingSwampert Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Where did you get these from? I would really like to get my hands on some myself! Any updates? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 @Ty Randall might have some available, if not him then I'm afraid no one else is going to within the US, we're working on establishing this species here right now. 😅 And yes, one of my males matured actually, pictures coming soon! 6 hours ago, FlamingSwampert said: Where did you get these from? I would really like to get my hands on some myself! Any updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Randall Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 3 hours ago, Hisserdude said: @Ty Randall might have some available, if not him then I'm afraid no one else is going to within the US, we're working on establishing this species here right now. 😅 And yes, one of my males matured actually, pictures coming soon! I spread around as many as I could to the top breeders in the USA. Waiting on nymphs now before spreading any more around 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 Adult male! 😁 Hopefully a female matures soon: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamingSwampert Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 hour ago, Hisserdude said: Adult male! 😁 Hopefully a female matures soon: Wow... how big is he? From the pictures he looks massive! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 7 hours ago, FlamingSwampert said: Wow... how big is he? From the pictures he looks massive! A little over an inch, maybe an inch and a half, so not very big, this is one of the smallest Panesthia in culture I believe. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamingSwampert Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 5 hours ago, Hisserdude said: A little over an inch, maybe an inch and a half, so not very big, this is one of the smallest Panesthia in culture I believe. 😂 Wow, I was waaaay off... they remind me of a Rhino roach, so I assumed they were at least a few inches in length... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 16 hours ago, FlamingSwampert said: Wow, I was waaaay off... they remind me of a Rhino roach, so I assumed they were at least a few inches in length... Yeah, they're definitely similar to Macropanesthia in looks, but not in size lol, (nor are they especially closely related, Panesthia are in the subfamily Panesthiinae, whereas Macropanesthia are in the subfamily Geoscapheinae). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamingSwampert Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 5 hours ago, Hisserdude said: eah, they're definitely similar to Macropanesthia in looks, but not in size lol, (nor are they especially closely related, Panesthia are in the subfamily Panesthiinae, whereas Macropanesthia are in the subfamily Geoscapheinae). Yeah. It's so strange how some speices are distantly related, yet look so similar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 A female has matured finally, so I can get to breeding these now! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joopes Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 So do the females and males have wings? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamingSwampert Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 4 hours ago, Joopes said: So do the females and males have wings? From the pictures, I would assume so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 4 hours ago, Joopes said: So do the females and males have wings? Yup, but adults Panesthiinae will tear their wings up a little while after maturing, in the wild they develop wings so they can fly to new rotten logs and colonize them, after that the wings just get in the way of their tunneling, so they rub and scrape their wings against their tunnels until they are torn down to jagged nubs. Like a more primitive version of what termite and ant alates do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 Found about a dozen babies in the enclosure the other day, after a gestation period of approximately 6 months. I've officially bred all three Panesthiinae species in my collection, yay! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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