Porcellio pruinosus ‘Powder Blue’ with orange uropods

MrGhostMantis

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So, I’m in SoCal and recently found some P. pruinosus ‘powder blues’ with orange uropods. Is it a different species or a different morph? So far I have managed to get close to 40 babies out of the adults and the babies also have the orange tails! I then found a normal powder blue that was gravid and now she is producing for me. They are a different size, shape, and are eating machines! 

 
Nice! I was hoping thats what it is! As soon as I have a colony going I have something to sell lol. I’m just gonna call it Powder Blue m. Orange tail. I wonder if anyone else has these...

Thanks @All About Arthropods!

 
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Nice! I was hoping thats what it is! As soon as I have a colony going I have something to sell lol. I’m just gonna call it Powder Blue m. Orange tail. I wonder if anyone else has these...
Just remembered that P.floria also should occur over there as well, but whatever you have, the orange uropods are still unusual. :)  Good luck on isolating the genetics!

 
Could have sworn I saw someone on Facebook trying to isolate this very morph, don't know what happened with them... 🤔

 
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