my assasin bugs

[ghost_tomb]

Anything special about these hybrids?

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

I was wondering about the yellow spots and small size.

The P. sp. "mombo" are an actual culture stock that were wild collected in 99' in the southern foothills of the Usambaras in a small town called Mombo (a natural hybrid is not impossible but unlikely since the egg diameter is measurably different versus the other two sp.).

I feed mine (except for the reds) a lot of adult hissers (culls) and have never had to prekill. If I have to post the pic of the assassin holding the hisser by its rostrum again...

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

St.: Now you've really got me wondering... when you said you had acquired P.sp. "mombo" you were referring to hybrids of P.biguttata and P.rhadamanthus and not the actual collected stock from Mombo??

Hybrid Blaberus and hybrid Platymeris, what a mess.

if i'm the only "source" of platymeris for Nikos,... then he never had any mombo's,... what you think mombo's are,... are in fact hybrids

 

[Steven]

when you said you had acquired P.sp. "mombo"

when did i ever said i had "mombo's" ? i only said they were available on several European stocklists. i only had the white and red spotted. And i've given all my Platymeris eggs/nimfs/adults to Nikos,...

just not intrested in assassins anymore !

 

[Steven]

a natural hybrid is not impossible but unlikely since the egg diameter is measurably different versus the other two sp.).

the egg diameter of CB Hybrids is also remarkable smaller.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

The egg size diameter of the P.sp."mombo" is nearly double that of the named species which is the opposite of what you are stating on your hybrids.

So were you referring to hybrids or the collected stock?

There is an article on the collecting trip when the actual P.sp."Mombo" were collected. It's mostly about Cetonidae but there's one short paragraph and a BW photo of the Platymeris. It's published by ZOO plzen in Czech, it is in issue 3/2003 and is called "Not Only to See Rose Beetle in Usambar"

 

[Steven]

So were you referring to hybrids or the collected stock?

i haven't been referring to anything.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

I am attaching a photo of the normal P.sp."mombo" coloration. Do you have access to any photos of hybrids with matching color?
I am also attaching the abberant white form, are you aware of any photos of hybrid nymphs which match this?
Do you have any photos of egg comparisons? More importantly, do you have access to any non-hybrid stock?
(I had asked a friend in eastern Europe if there were any new Platymeris species six months ago. He said there weren't any and the only thing left out his way is hybrids. I really hope it doesn't end up that way in the US)
I am asking for photos only because I am very interested in the information and you know as well as I that people can 'say' whatever they want.

On another note, I know you have some captive bred pill millipedes (other inverts ), do you know if the guy you got them from has photographs of egg nests and other life cycle events available for sale for usage?

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

I realize the leg banding is much wider on mombo than the other two sp. or hybrid and I realize the mombo grow much larger but I am curious if there are color variation similarities with the hybrids -especially the white form.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

Hi Vincent,
Your nymphs look like the actual P."mombo" rather than the hybrid so I'm curious what country you're from?

 

[Steven]

I am attaching a photo of the normal P.sp."mombo" coloration. Do you have access to any photos of hybrids with matching color?

No,... like i said before, i've quit assassins

I am also attaching the abberant white form, are you aware of any photos of hybrid nymphs which match this?

No

Do you have any photos of egg comparisons?

No

More importantly, do you have access to any non-hybrid stock?

Better ask European dealers or African exporters

(I had asked a friend in eastern Europe if there were any new Platymeris species six months ago. He said there weren't any and the only thing left out his way is hybrids. I really hope it doesn't end up that way in the US)

Platymeris no,... other assassin bugs,... yes,... i'll post some pictures soon.

On another note, I know you have some captive bred pill millipedes (other inverts ), do you know if the guy you got them from has photographs of egg nests and other life cycle events available for sale for usage?

i've sended his e-mail some time ago to an American dealer,... don't think it was you i've sended it to.

And if i'm correct Vincent is from The Netherlands

 

[Vincent]

that correct, I live in Holland.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

Vincent, Can I ask where you got them from? I am curious where they came from originally.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

No,... like i said before, i've quit assassins

Platymeris no,... other assassin bugs,... yes,... i'll post some pictures soon.

Great! I look forward to checking them out! Are they as impressive and easy to rear as Platymeris?

i've sended his e-mail some time ago to an American dealer,... don't think it was you i've sended it to.

I am interested in buying photographic documentation. Please send his e-mail unless it no longer is working?

 

[xangadix]

hoi.

kan je mij vertellen waar je e gekocht hebt ?