Bugboy3092 Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 So Ive been seeing these small hemipterans under bark, and Ive identified them as flat bugs. Ive been wondering if anyone cultures these in captivity, and if they have any advice. I saw one feeding on an apple slice in my hissing roach colony, could this be a better alternative food to the fungus they eat in the wild? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexW Posted March 4, 2018 Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 Oooooooo, these are higher up my drool-list than Penthe I doubt the apple will be a good substitute. Many food-specialist heteropterans will eagerly feed on things like human-trampled conspecifics, nectar, and plants that are not hosts. However, these are usually only supplements and they require their host plant to thrive. Wizentrop has posted about them on his blog. Maybe he has advice. But I doubt anyone else has kept them, so I guess you are stuck with searching “Aradidae rearing” on Google Scholar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexW Posted March 4, 2018 Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 Oh, and have you put pics on Bugguide? I have the feeling that different species may require different and highly specific fungi to thrive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugboy3092 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 Ok thanks, and I havent put pics on bugguide, they all appear to be the same species, and thankfully theyre in my local neighborhood so I can collect their wood (fungus) when I collect them. That particular one was a stowaway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexW Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 Updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugboy3092 Posted March 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 Updates? not really, I haven’t gone out to collect them, but I think there may be some in my millipede enclosure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexW Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 Are you implying that they are highly secretive and you don’t see them a lot in the tanks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugboy3092 Posted March 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 Well I never see them out and about, but I think I’ve uncovered them before while checking the millipedes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugboy3092 Posted March 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2018 Ok, so I finally got out to my park and collected some of them. I currently don’t have an enclosure, but I have them in a vial with the back and fungus they were collected in (I’m pretty sure the fungus is a species that can be easily cultured in coconut fiber) so I should have some time. Hopefully I can get a colony going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirFauna Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 They might be bark lice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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