Hormetica Strumosa Breeding Issues

[mason]

So quite obviously Strumosa is very hard to come by in roaches in the US and I have seen very few people with success, after doing some searching around in this forum found some interesting stuff. Some claims have been made when Lucihormetica or Hormetica haven't bred when shipped as adults or at least that is what I thought TJ meant in his post about it. Is maybe that Hormetica Strumosa needs to be sent as nymphs for them to get established to breed? Wizentroop and Tyrandall are the two people that I know of that is successful. I really want to get into these guys in the future (Not anytime soon). Just really wished there was more information on why people are having a hard time with them such as TJ. Another good point to provide is how Tyrandall provides them rotting wood like soon roaches need, of course, he states that he replaces it after it has been used up, etc. If you guys have any ideas on why their so hard I'd love to talk about it. Their an absolutely beautiful roach and needs to be figured out when it comes to their breeding. 

 

[Hisserdude]

So quite obviously Strumosa is very hard to come by in roaches in the US and I have seen very few people with success, after doing some searching around in this forum found some interesting stuff. Some claims have been made when Lucihormetica or Hormetica haven't bred when shipped as adults or at least that is what I thought TJ meant in his post about it. Is maybe that Hormetica Strumosa needs to be sent as nymphs for them to get established to breed? Wizentroop and Tyrandall are the two people that I know of that is successful. I really want to get into these guys in the future (Not anytime soon). Just really wished there was more information on why people are having a hard time with them such as TJ. Another good point to provide is how Tyrandall provides them rotting wood like soon roaches need, of course, he states that he replaces it after it has been used up, etc. If you guys have any ideas on why their so hard I'd love to talk about it. Their an absolutely beautiful roach and needs to be figured out when it comes to their breeding. 

Actually H.strumosa is the one Luci/Hormetica I know of that's bred just fine after being shipped as adults. I mean, the others might too, I just know of several people (myself included) who had terrible luck receiving Lucihormetica spp. as adults.

 

[Bhjjr]

I've been keeping H. strumosa together with S. conserfarium for about a year with rotting oak wood. 

When I read the above post I went sifting for them and found about 6 H. strumosa of various ages and many many S. consefarium. I'd say they've been outcompeted. I separated them. 

During the same time period I kept Blaberus from Honduras together with L. verrucosa. The verrucosa was thriving and the Honduras roaches have done well but haven't exploded like the verrucosa.

I also had Panesthia angustipennis cognata from Laos together with E. maya. The Panesthia has done just ok in numbers but the maya have exploded.

I also had Epilamprinae sp. "Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia" together with B. fumigata. I only found about 12 fumigata and a bunch of "Kota Kinabalu".

Everything has been separated now. It's about time to start culling some of these guys. I've been wanting to post about this for a while, and I'm at the dentist so here it goes.