Microtomus purcis

[Lucanus]

Found six of these guys today

 

[manticora]

wow! very nice, awesome assassins gotta love em,great find.

 

[Lucanus]

wow! very nice, awesome assassins gotta love em,great find.

Thanks

This is the most beautiful species of assassins I've seen. Adults have stunning color

 

[Lucanus]

Teneral adults :

 

[hardshell]

roach!

 

[Lucanus]

egg

 

[Matt]

Very nice. Do you have any more details on the life cycle / longevity / rearing requirements for this species?

 

[Dynastes]

Very nice. Do you have any more details on the life cycle / longevity / rearing requirements for this species?

I think there are life cycle details in the assassin bug book you have (it used to be called Hammatocerus). However I don't think there is anything on longevity, only about a year for adults.

 

[Lucanus]

Very nice. Do you have any more details on the life cycle / longevity / rearing requirements for this species?

Unfortunately, Idk much about their biology.

Kyle told me that they seemed to like to lay eggs at semi-dry environment so I'm keeping my eggs in such environment

Also, Kyle told me that the nymphs that hatched ate each other so I think it's safe to say that these guys can't be reared in groups when they are young.

 

[Dynastes]

I don't remember seeing nymphs eat each other but the small ones are escape artists and cannot be kept in cages usually used for the Afr. spp.

 

[LarvaHunter]

Last assassin bug I caught poked his proboscis through my surgical latex glove and injected his fluid, it hurt so bad. Be careful handling them if you make them mad or hold them wrong it's not good, that one looks very similar to the one that got me. I was grabbing it to put in the killing jar. I was amazed how he escaped me.

 

[Lucanus]

Last assassin bug I caught poked his proboscis through my surgical latex glove and injected his fluid, it hurt so bad. Be careful handling them if you make them mad or hold them wrong it's not good, that one looks very similar to the one that got me. I was grabbing it to put in the killing jar. I was amazed how he escaped me.

Thank you for the warning, but I believe it's too late. I already got bitten by one last year. lol

 

[Lucanus]

The lonely mom.

 

[Peter Clausen]

Wow, those are some great photos.

 

[Lucanus]

Wow, those are some great photos.

Thank you

I picked out some of the bests of 15+ pics I took recently. lol

 

[Lucanus]

Looks like she is a cricket lover. lol

 

[Lucanus]

I don't remember seeing nymphs eat each other but the small ones are escape artists and cannot be kept in cages usually used for the Afr. spp.

Were you able to breed them or were the nymphs collected from the wild? Seems that larger nymphs won't prey on each others.

 

[Lucanus]

Found 5 more adults yesterday

Female :

Male :

 

[Lucanus]

Got more eggs from my females

I hope they are all fertile.