Strange Dubia

[island reptiles]

http://tinypic.com/r/13z8qag/6

http://tinypic.com/r/2ci8uts/6

sorry it wouldnt let me upload the pictures directly

I pulled this one out of one of my grow out bins last week or so

It appears to have molted or somewhat molted to an Adult

but I cant figure out whats going on with it I have a somewhat large colony and this is the 1st time ive seen it

 

[Keith]

Looks like it never shed the skin on its abdomen, or it did shed but mabye the molt got messed up in the process. Could you get a picture of the underside.

 

[island reptiles]

Ill see if I can find it again I forgot what bin It was put in lol but the abdomen is a wreck looks like it fell down a few flights of stairs

the reason I think it molted is because of the shine and color they get once they become adults

the size didnt play into my thinking because I have a ton of xxl nymphs that are bigger then other adults

 

[island reptiles]

no luck so far on finding the roach again I have one more adult bin to sort but I dont think it was mixed in with them

 

[island reptiles]

http://tinypic.com/r/2cp5kpt/6

think I found that roach took some more pics

also found something else kinda cool ill post pictures

 

[island reptiles]

http://tinypic.com/r/1zxwfhk/6

this is the other Roach I found

reminds me kinda of a pied lol

 

[Keith]

Both those females are bizarre! But nice finds never seen any like them before

 

[island reptiles]

im almost tempted to seperate them and selective breed but I just dont have the room

it cant be from being inbred we have about 15 different blood lines and we add in new blood 4-5 times a year

theres alot of strange coloring going on with some of the females mostly markings on the pronotom and some of the males are extremely large Im wondering if

somewhere along the lines there were hybirds mixed in