manticora Posted June 8, 2013 Report Posted June 8, 2013 wow! very nice, awesome assassins:) gotta love em,great find. Quote
Lucanus Posted June 17, 2013 Author Report Posted June 17, 2013 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 Quote
Matt Posted January 7, 2014 Report Posted January 7, 2014 Very nice. Do you have any more details on the life cycle / longevity / rearing requirements for this species? Quote
Dynastes Posted January 7, 2014 Report Posted January 7, 2014 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. Quote
Lucanus Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Posted January 7, 2014 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. Quote
Dynastes Posted January 7, 2014 Report Posted January 7, 2014 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. Quote
LarvaHunter Posted January 7, 2014 Report Posted January 7, 2014 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. Quote
Lucanus Posted January 8, 2014 Author Report Posted January 8, 2014 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 Quote
Peter Clausen Posted January 23, 2014 Report Posted January 23, 2014 Wow, those are some great photos. Quote
Lucanus Posted January 23, 2014 Author Report Posted January 23, 2014 Wow, those are some great photos. Thank you I picked out some of the bests of 15+ pics I took recently. lol Quote
Lucanus Posted February 11, 2014 Author Report Posted February 11, 2014 Looks like she is a cricket lover. lol Quote
Lucanus Posted February 11, 2014 Author Report Posted February 11, 2014 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. Quote
Lucanus Posted February 24, 2014 Author Report Posted February 24, 2014 Found 5 more adults yesterday Female : Male : Quote
Lucanus Posted February 25, 2014 Author Report Posted February 25, 2014 Got more eggs from my females I hope they are all fertile. Quote
pannaking22 Posted February 26, 2014 Report Posted February 26, 2014 Good luck! I caught a couple of those last year and I had a lot of fun with them It was nice to keep a large reduviid that wasn't a wheel bug Quote
Lucanus Posted February 26, 2014 Author Report Posted February 26, 2014 Good luck! I caught a couple of those last year and I had a lot of fun with them It was nice to keep a large reduviid that wasn't a wheel bug Thank you It's really fun to watch them dash to their preys, isn't it? Quote
LarvaHunter Posted March 13, 2014 Report Posted March 13, 2014 Nice baby assassin, I'm glad you got an offspring from the wild caught ones. Good job! Quote
Lucanus Posted March 14, 2014 Author Report Posted March 14, 2014 Nice baby assassin, I'm glad you got an offspring from the wild caught ones. Good job! Thank you Seems that I'll be able to establish a captive bred culture of this species soon cause all my adults are doing great and I saw 2 more nymphs hatching out from egg capsules Quote
manticora Posted March 15, 2014 Report Posted March 15, 2014 awesome job they are a beautiful assasin Quote
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