Dubious looking Dubia found in colony

[Scarp172]

Well I found this little fella in my colony when I cleaned it the other day. Actually it was sitting in the corner and wound't go near the rest of the colony, like an exile. Seems to have no red markings like the other dubia and I'm wondering if it could be aneurythristic, a hybrid of some sorts, a morph, or just plain old funny-lookin. Interested to hear some opinions.

Dubious Dubia 1
Dubious Dubia 2

 

[Galadriel]

Mine look like that a day or two after a molt. Give it a couple days to darken up.

 

[Scarp172]

It's not post-molt, this one has been quarantined for a week with no change in color.

 

[bugmankeith]

That's intersting looking, try feeding it seperatly, mabye it hasnt eaten anything being it isnt the same species like the rest of them. Tell us of any changes.

 

[bugmankeith]

Update, I checked photos of dubia life cylce, what you have is a mature female, but yes the color and markings are abnormal. Mabye it's hasnt eaten much so it's full color hasnt developed (malnourishment), or mabye it's just a very unique roach, like I said feed it seperated from the others and after a week tell us if it changed at all.

This is what it should look like, photo taken by John J Starr jr. (compare it and yours)

 

[Scarp172]

I will try working the malnourishment angle for a while and see what happens. The bottom picture is identical to my other mature females. I'll try to remember to post an update next week before I leave on vacation. Thanks for the input
-Steve

 

[Scarp172]

Update

One week later and....no change. This one seems to be eating fine, doing fine, not diseased- just funny lookin. It's also got about two more molts to go before it catches up to the size of my other mature females in the colony, perhaps then its color will change to a more normal appearance. But until then I'm just putting her back amongst 'the horde'.
-Steve

 

[Stylopidae]

Dude...see if you can't breed that trait out. Different, rare colorform.

That would be cool

 

[bugmankeith]

Yes that would be very cool.

 

[Scarp172]

That's wha tI'm hoping for too. Since it's the only one in the colony though, we'll just have to leave it to luck that the trait is dominant and I get some little ones that look just like the mom! I agree though it's very cool looking- keep your fingers crossed
-Steve

 

[DoubleD's]

I have been following this post for a while

Ok here it is you have a mutation dubed the "Blond" strain of Dubia. Last year there a was a customer who contacted me and told me he was breeding them from isolated mutations found within his colony, they will breed true and will keep that light charasteristic all the was through adult hood, they are fun to have around just because of there color. So have fun and dont kill them off there are a genetic abnormality that comes along once in a blue moon.

Dexter D
Double D's
http://www.doubleds.org

 

[Scarp172]

Dexter- Thanks! That's fantastic. But if I only have one female "blonde" and no male blondes will her offspring be blonde too? Or maybe 50/50 chances of blonde or typicals?

 

[bugmankeith]

Are there any strains presently known in B.giganteus or fusca doubleD?

I have a fusca nymph that was slightly lighter than the rest, it's antennae are almost fully reddish color, and not black.

 

[Tleilaxu]

You can breed than one to a normal male but then you need to breed brother and sister to get that blond trait again... at least I think thats how it works...

 

[Aquanut]

I think thats correct. I think if you isolate all the blond offspring and then keep picking out the dark ones out of the blond colony you eventually should have mostly blond ones.