Hi everyone, welcome back to another post.
In this post I'll just be showing some updates and stuff.
First up is my Panesthia angustipennis, the larger nymphs seem to be growing fairly quickly.
I'm sure these nymphs are only a few instars away from maturity, and I've already had a sudden adult boom in my colony.
Here's some adults taking cover in a log that they basically hollowed up.
This log has way more openings than showed in this picture by the time I wrote this, and they are really consistent in eating rotting wood and stuff, hence where they are found naturally.
Next up is a species I don't think I have showed on the blog site before.
Periplaneta australasiae.
I took these pictures quite a while ago of a pair I received recently as a bonus when ordering some other species.
By now I unfortunately have lost the pair, as they have died.
Lucky enough, they mated and laid 2 oothecae. So now I have a few dozen nymphs running around.
I can confidently say that there are more than 30 nymphs now. They seem to be pretty easy but they're just a little annoying due to their tiny size, fast speed, and occasionally can climb the barrier I give them.
That isn't an issue because there's a lid, of course.
But the thing is that there's still one more ootheca waiting to hatch, so there's going to be more..
This one isn't though (it's clearly empty due to the little bite on the side)
So yeah, I'm hoping that these will be a steady colony in a few months, being my second Periplaneta species, with the first being the infamous P. americana.
I'd also like to share some pictures of a new gecko I received.
This little guy is Gekko monarchus, the spotted house gecko.
So far it's been doing pretty well, consistently eating and healthy.
I see that it loves red runners, and for some reason will not eat mealworms. But red runners seem to be a steady diet and I might offer crickets aswell.
And lastly I'd like to share something quite questionable.
What do you think would be housed in this jar?
Believe it or not, it's a thriving colony of woodlice.
Nagurus cristatus, a species that I'd say is quite underrated.
And to clear things up, I didn't actually intend to keep them this way. This jar was originally an enclosure for Perisphaerus, but they ended up literally never eating anything and dying out.
And it just so happened that some N. cristatus mancae came in with the wood, and cristatus being the hardy species that they are absolutely boomed in population.
So I keep the jar on a moisture gradient with the bottom being moist and the top being slightly dry.
And just like that they have been going crazy in there.
But that's pretty much it. Thanks for reading and goodbye
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