Question about Psyttala horrida Horrid King Assassin Bugs

[boxofspiders]

I have two individuals of this species I got around 6 months ago, one adult and one should be molting into an adult any day now. I'm now considering getting a whole bunch of nymphs to hopefully start a colony, but I was wondering if it's advised I don't keep the new nymphs in with the old specimens. Should I wait to keep them all together until the new nymphs are older? Should I keep the nymphs separate from each other? What can I do to minimize the chances of them cannibalizing each other? Thanks for any advice!

Bonus pic of a freshly matured adult specimen

 

[kingshockey]

use search function @BoyFromLA has a thread on keeping his colony of those

 

[BoyFromLA]

If you are planning to get more nymphs, just keep them separately from the ones you have now.

That way, you don’t have to stress yourself with feeder sizes to meet the needs of both adults and nymphs.

 

[Brewser]

Very Interesting !
Pysttala horrida is the Largest Species of Assassin Bug in the World.
Lengths of 1 1/4 - 2 inches or 3 - 5 cm
Keep Arachnoboards updated with more posts etc.

 

[MorbidArachnid]

TBH we keep the nymphs in with the adults, they seem to do better and they scavenge off the adults kills. Juveniles will also work together to take down larger prey. We tried separating them initially but they didn't thrive. Might be possible if you troubleshoot a bit and figure out what works well for them for feeders, but keeping them together worked out for us. We give each of the adults a roach when feeding them, they'll fight each other for them if there isn't enough and they can end up piercing each other if there's a lot fighting over one prey item. Larger juveniles will grab on after the adults subdue the roach, smaller nymphs seem to wait until the larger ones have finished eating.