Hisserdude Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Bit overdue on showing these off here, but thanks so much to @Peter Clausen for sending me a pair of this amazing, giant, iconic Blattodean!!! 😁 I believe these are L4 nymphs. They're so dang cute! ☺ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 One of them molted to L5, hooray! 😁 Some pics while it was still teneral: Now fully darkened: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamingSwampert Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 On 2/8/2021 at 7:34 PM, Hisserdude said: One of them molted to L5, hooray! 😁 Neat, that rich deep red tone really fits the nymphs well! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 2 hours ago, FlamingSwampert said: Neat, that rich deep red tone really fits the nymphs well! I agree, they're beautiful at this stage! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 Well, my two females are doing great, one matured, and the other's a subadult. I needed a male to fertilize them, and thankfully @Cariblatta lutea loaned me his. This is a childhood dream of mine in the making, finally pairing Macropanesthia rhinoceros!!! Hopefully the females will give birth next year! Adult female: Mating pair: 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Congrats. One thing about rhinos is the males (and females) can be very different in size between individuals of the same sibling group. This only matters because most people don't really have any idea how big this species truly can get until they've kept quite a few. Like hissers, only a fraction are ever super giants. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 10 hours ago, Allpet Roaches said: Congrats. One thing about rhinos is the males (and females) can be very different in size between individuals of the same sibling group. This only matters because most people don't really have any idea how big this species truly can get until they've kept quite a few. Like hissers, only a fraction are ever super giants. Yeah, this male is rather small, and my females aren't giants either, which I attributed to keeping them a tad warmer than most others do. My gals only took a couple years to mature, but probably traded off size for fast growth. Good to know though, hopefully in the future I can rear up some monster individuals! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Hisserdude said: Yeah, this male is rather small, and my females aren't giants either, which I attributed to keeping them a tad warmer than most others do. My gals only took a couple years to mature, but probably traded off size for fast growth. Good to know though, hopefully in the future I can rear up some monster individuals! 😁 Maybe five years ago the biggest male I'd ever seen matured and I figured that was top for the species but then last year a really big one came out, just like the size variability in oblongonota. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted December 13, 2023 Author Share Posted December 13, 2023 A larger adult male: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhjjr Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Is this male one of your babies from the pairing in September 2022? F1? (Did I use the term F1 correctly?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 On 1/19/2024 at 5:07 PM, Bhjjr said: Is this male one of your babies from the pairing in September 2022? F1? (Did I use the term F1 correctly?) F1 is usually the offspring of wild adults, F2 is the following generation. They take 36 to 60 months to mature. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 On 1/19/2024 at 3:07 PM, Bhjjr said: Is this male one of your babies from the pairing in September 2022? F1? (Did I use the term F1 correctly?) No, a male from a different breeder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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