Platymeris biguttatus - assasin bugs :]

[BakuBak]

hi .. finaly i bought some of them ...
i have 2 mature and 4 young ones ...

i have some quastions and it would be nice if You could answer them :]

1.how long do they grow ?? and awter wich molt they become adoultus

2. how many eags and in whot period of time i can get from 1 feemale ?

3. whot i have/need to do to succeed at breading them ...


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[MacCleod]

1. It takes about 5 months to grow from nimph to adult.
When they are about 3cm (1,2"), you 'll notice tiny wings. Than they are sub adult, and will finally molt to adult.

2. If kept in good conditions, the female will lay a few eggs each day.

3. The temperature should be around 25° C and a humidity between 60 - 80%. The substrate (potting soil) should be humid too (not wet). Give them also a few hiding places.
For feeding, a few crickets each 3 days will do


Have fun with them....they are really cool :}

 

[BakuBak]

thx
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[BakuBak]

good conditions.. hmmm here is some photos :]

and some more quastions....

1.how big can be food for anoultus and immature ...

2. is it a good idea to kep young ones in single conteners (like on photo or beter is to put them with adoultus/young

3. is there enything more that i schould know ?? maybe you know som good www with infos about hhem .. - i have found some but it wos nothing special =D =D =D


no i wont give any photos becouse they are too big to fit in here =D =D =D

 

[MacCleod]

1. Assassin bugs are real killers. They can handle a prey that is as big as theirself, or even a bit bigger
I've seen my nymphs attacking a cricket that was much bigger then they were Really amazing.

2. You can keep them all together. As long as there is enough food, they won't kill each other. Actually only the nymphs are cannibalistic.

3.Caresheet
I 've written a caresheet myself too, but it's in Dutch...I think you won't understand a word of it

 

[BakuBak]

yeh your right in Dutch i am able to buy an wurst mit curry :]

like for now i am giving them meel worms ....
but if you say that they can handle a bigger ones i wiil thing about something bigger :]


do Yu look after eags ore live them alone in main contener ?

I see that you are very famillary with assasins ... do you have more species ??
is there any difrens in theyr behave ??

to this moment i have heard about :
Platymeris biguttatus
Platymeris rhadamanthus
Platymeris mombo

they all from africa .. mayby you know any more species that are possible to buy and bred ??



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[Navaros]

As far as I know only the 3 african species are commonly available without going out and collecting some for yourself. There are lots of very cool assassins but some of them will drink blood so be careful.;P I think most of those live in South America though. There is a small neon green species of assassins that live in my state, I have found 2 and will try to find more this year and get them breeding. This is probably my favorite species.
http://ridgwaydb.mobot.org/mobot/ma...A75&nextorder=40&referringcategory=rainforest
:} :} :}

 

[MacCleod]

Yep, I certainly look after eggs, but you can leave them in the tank if you want.
Keep in mind that they are not always found on top of the substrate, but also "in" it.

I have P. biguttatus and P. rhadamanthus. They live together in one HUGE tank (120x50x60cm), without any problems.
Their behaviour is very similar.

P. mombo is a very nice sp. too, but hard to find in the hobby

 

[BakuBak]

here have a look at som assasins from my country :]

some of them are vegetarians but ........... =D =D =D

 

[MacCleod]

Hey...you have some nice looking tiger beetles in your country :}

Certainly these guys:

Very, very sweet :}

 

[BakuBak]

i am from poland so you too schould have dem in belgia

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[MacCleod]

Originally posted by BakuBak
i am from poland so you too schould have dem in belgia

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Never seen them

 

[BakuBak]

becouse they are rare =D
if i found any at summer i will colect some=D =D

 

[Longbord1]

ive seen the black ones here in ny and they were eating maggots. the only prob is i can't seem to find any

 

[Navaros]

BakyBak, the one that feed on plants are usually stink bugs. Hemipterans with short curved proboscises are predatory, the ones with long straight proboscises are vegetarians. On another note, anyone ever bred wheel bugs?

 

[ORION_DV8]

those first two pics look like carabids(ground beetle's) to me not cincindelids(tiger beetle's) I could be wrong.
ORION

 

[MacCleod]

Originally posted by ORION_DV8
those first two pics look like carabids(ground beetle's) to me not cincindelids(tiger beetle's) I could be wrong.
ORION

Yeah yeah, I know...but they all have those amazing jaws, and that's just what I like about them :}

 

[Wade]

Originally posted by Navaros
. On another note, anyone ever bred wheel bugs?

I've never been able to get any eggs from them. Easy and fun to keep otherwise, though.

Wade

 

[Wh1teshark]

Those pictures on that site are totally awsome!
I really want to learn to take such good macros...

http://www.cso.com.pl/~stopa/galeria/index.html

Just click on the links on the upper part of the page.

BakuBak - can you read out if the guy who took the pictures has a e-mail adress on the page?

Regards,

/David

 

[BakuBak]

BakuBak - can you read out if the guy who took the pictures has a e-mail adress on the page?

/David [/B]

there is no e mail but i found this :]

look !!