Aeluropoda insignis "Giant morph" isolated!

[Zephyr]

Opened up my colony today and found THIS monster! I picked out 4 nice subadult females for him to go at it with, so hopefully I can further isolated this gene and breed it into a line much like the giant Gromphadorhina portentosa!

 

[DLPBugs]

cool, that is definitely a big guy good luck.

 

[Matt K]

It appears that's not a 'giant'. This is a normal sized Aeluropoda (within normal size range). You've been jumping to some conclusions in a few posts now and then withouit doing any research to find out if the info is correct first, and this can mislead someone who is new or does not know about a particular species. Fact check then publish, not vice versa.

 

[Allpet Roaches]

Looks like a big one to me. :blink:

 

[Zephyr]

Here are some comparison pics:

"Princisia vanwaerebeki 'Big Black'" Male:

Aeluropoda insignis "giant" previously shown:

Both together:

This is the biggest A. insignis I've ever seen; I have another male who's barely 2.5 inches that I thought was a giant, but then I saw this guy and there was no contest.

 

[Zephyr]

Here's another titan I just pulled out for studding. He looks different now that he's hardened completely (just look at those colors!) but he has the most notched pronotum I've seen on any roach!

 

[Ralph]

Those are fantastic colors! Let's hope you get some good results.

 

[Keith]

Here's another titan I just pulled out for studding. He looks different now that he's hardened completely (just look at those colors!) but he has the most notched pronotum I've seen on any roach!

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Those colors are awesome!

 

[johningeorgia]

I am sure size is heritable but I don't know if you would see significant improvement in the first generation.I am going to try to breed my E. Posticus for color and size but it might take a while. Also I don't know how long it would take till inbreeding depression set in and made the line smaller.