My Macropanesthia rhinoceros

[Deroplatys]

I never thought i would ever be able to keep these, but after being able to set up the perfect enclosure with all the right ingrediants i got a pair of young nymphs, one of them has already moulted

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[skippy]

sweet... i bet you can't wait for them to reach full size, can you?

did you get a male and female or have you not sexed them yet?

 

[pouchedrat]

jealous.........

 

[Matt K]

In around 4 years you will know the sex of each. Won't be too funny if they are both the same!

 

[Deroplatys]

I wasnt expecting a pair at all, BUT it does look like therer are several differences between them both, and it looks like i do in fact have a pair

 

[ilovebugs]

awesome bro.

haven't seen too many vids of these guys,

 

[carl73]

Someone has messed up that chelicer.org site.

 

[Deroplatys]

I know, for every 50 spambots i delete 500 take its place, havent done anything to it lately, seems a losing battle between spammers
But anyway here's a pic i took the other night whilst adding some leaves.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

Can't you just turn off all automated registrations (manual approval only)?

 

[Widowman10]

Can't you just turn off all automated registrations (manual approval only)?

that's what we had to do. worked wonders and stopped it almost immediately.

 

[JC]

jealous.........

+1..........

 

[diplopoda]

Hi,

chelicera.org will be back on track in some days - I deleted all the spam and installed a new Captcha and other security barriers.

OnTopic: I kept an adult pair with three nymphs in 2004. I gave them a lot of substrate (see the publication about burrowing behaviour) and they dug about 50cm deep and had a "cave" at the bottom where they stored the leaves. If you keep them this naturally you'll see them less but I think it's better for the roaches to let them dig real burrows.

Regards, Robert

 

[Hornets inverts]

lookin good, should be easily sexed at that size, check the underside of the abdomen, males have an extra segment right at the end