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Old 5th November 2009, 23:14
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Absolutely Awesome! Well worth the wait Rob! I can`t quite believe those colours
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nice! i agree they do look very beetle-y. posture and overall shape remind me a little of theopompa (). lovely looking habitat too! best of luck.
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Splendid!
Very Tiger beetley, i wonder if they share any behaviours or habitats?
Rob is it a fact then that these are pure cockroach predators or will they take other crawling prey, including walking flies ??

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They are stunning mate
Best of luck with them
Foodwise I'm guessing they will like Firebrat (Thermobia domestica)

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I have some silverfish I can send you if you like, not enough to use as food, but about 20 or so to start a breeding colony.

they are all sizes.

(for free obviously)

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They're absolutely fantastic! I've read they are exclusively cockroach feeders, is this true? Think someone above has asked this but can't remember. Looks like they've got real chunky walking legs.

You're the hip-hop equivalent of Jim Davidson mate.....
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Cool pics! Was wondering how subadults looked

Do you also have pics of a male ?
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Wow! Awesome! Can't wait to see those adult colours! I thought they would have been younger than sub-adult. What sort of size are they?

They do look very beetley, lol!

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Hymenopus coronatus
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Damn they are nice looking.

Congrats Rob to a nice speices there!

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