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Elliptorhina
Pretty much only Kyle, unless you could find a collector.
If you're able to get ahold of him, he should have a bunch of different orthopterans hatching in a couple months.
If you had a 40 gallon long for inverts....
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If you're able to get ahold of him, he should have a bunch of different orthopterans hatching in a couple months.
Matttoadman
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If I contact Kyle, He will go into hiding again. Every time I tried to contact him he would vanish for months on end. Not worth my time.Pretty much only Kyle, unless you could find a collector.
If you're able to get ahold of him, he should have a bunch of different orthopterans hatching in a couple months.
My biggest display tank is for Blaberus giganteus and I have seen some fantastic massive displays for this species at insect zoos.
Have you personally kept any of the 4 species that you mentioned above? I'm considering setting up a display tank for a large lubber species in 2018...Those are very eye-catching, but once one's been exposed to the sheer awesomeness of (primarily) herbivores like Romalea microptera, Brachystola magna, Stilpnochlora couloniana, and Poecilotettix pantherinus in person, there is no turning back.
Lubbers are relatively simple, there are some articles on keeping them in older invert-mags. However, Brachystola aren't easy to get hatchlings from.
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Elliptorhina
Yep, I currently have a starter group of R.microptera "Yellow"; the others I'll definitely be getting in the future as well.
If you put in the little bit of effort for incubating the eggs, that could be a dazzling setup for years and years!
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Elliptorhina
I'm very curious, what methods did you use for getting hatchling and which were you at least a small bit successful with?
Kyle Kandilian and (likely) I are going to be trying to get captive-borns from B.magna and will be experimenting with giving the eggs a harder diapause to see if that encourages hatching. Any insight from your past experiences with their egg incubation would be much appreciated.
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Fifth Instar
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If you haven't filled the tank...
Darklings darklings darklings darklings darklings! Maybe put some Therea or other diurnal roaches with them, as desert darklings apparently do fine on wood and leaflitter and you can give the roaches a moist area. Or maybe put one of the less-secretive millipedes in there as tankmates too. Millipedes look like elongated darklings to me, though I haven't kept any. I've gotten a black cf. Calosoma (also day active) put in the Zophobas adult cage by accident before and they did not get eaten, but I would be very, very cautious with the carabid if I were you, since darklings are rather expensive on bugsincyberspace.
Cheers
AlexW
(yes, desert darklings can be diurnal)
If you haven't filled the tank...
Darklings darklings darklings darklings darklings! Maybe put some Therea or other diurnal roaches with them, as desert darklings apparently do fine on wood and leaflitter and you can give the roaches a moist area. Or maybe put one of the less-secretive millipedes in there as tankmates too. Millipedes look like elongated darklings to me, though I haven't kept any. I've gotten a black cf. Calosoma (also day active) put in the Zophobas adult cage by accident before and they did not get eaten, but I would be very, very cautious with the carabid if I were you, since darklings are rather expensive on bugsincyberspace.
Cheers
AlexW
(yes, desert darklings can be diurnal)