attenboroughii
Arachnosquire
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Hi all.
I started breeding Choeradodis rhomboidea this spring and have successfully raised them from first instar to adult.
I would like to describe my breeding experience.
1st instar
2nd instar
3rd instar
4th instar
5th instar
6th instar
7th instar
Nymph nearing emergence.
I started rearing them from 10 first instar nymph born from egg sacs imported from Peru, which I obtained at the end of March this year.
I lined the sides of an 860cc cup with mesh as scaffolding and the bottom with damp kitchen paper.
After placing one nymph in the cup, the top of the cup is covered with kitchen paper and fastened with a rubber band.
From the 6th instar, the nymph are transferred to a larger container, but they are generally kept in the same manner.
The rearing temperature is around 28°C throughout the day.
The humidity is high, but there is no need to mist the cups; the dampness of the flooring material is sufficient.
The first instar diet is Drosophila hydei.
As they grew larger, I fed them millworms, crickets, and red runner roaches, but roaches are the best food.
They molted consistently in about 2 weeks until they were 6th instar.
The 7th instar is the final instar for both sexes.
It took about a month for each to reach the 7th instar or emergence, even though I fed them a lot.
This insect prefers to be on the upper surface of leaves and other vegetation.
In the rearing containers, however, they were often on the floor, and only when molting did they molt by hanging from the ceiling.
Emergence had to take place on the underside of the Monstera leaf.
This is because the nymphs cannot emergence in the rearing containers and will weaken and die.
I started breeding Choeradodis rhomboidea this spring and have successfully raised them from first instar to adult.
I would like to describe my breeding experience.
1st instar
2nd instar
3rd instar
4th instar
5th instar
6th instar
7th instar
Nymph nearing emergence.
I started rearing them from 10 first instar nymph born from egg sacs imported from Peru, which I obtained at the end of March this year.
I lined the sides of an 860cc cup with mesh as scaffolding and the bottom with damp kitchen paper.
After placing one nymph in the cup, the top of the cup is covered with kitchen paper and fastened with a rubber band.
From the 6th instar, the nymph are transferred to a larger container, but they are generally kept in the same manner.
The rearing temperature is around 28°C throughout the day.
The humidity is high, but there is no need to mist the cups; the dampness of the flooring material is sufficient.
The first instar diet is Drosophila hydei.
As they grew larger, I fed them millworms, crickets, and red runner roaches, but roaches are the best food.
They molted consistently in about 2 weeks until they were 6th instar.
The 7th instar is the final instar for both sexes.
It took about a month for each to reach the 7th instar or emergence, even though I fed them a lot.
This insect prefers to be on the upper surface of leaves and other vegetation.
In the rearing containers, however, they were often on the floor, and only when molting did they molt by hanging from the ceiling.
Emergence had to take place on the underside of the Monstera leaf.
This is because the nymphs cannot emergence in the rearing containers and will weaken and die.
