Two New Panesthiinae!

June Rare Roach Package Series Pt. 2/3

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Now, to announce two of the other species I got in this latest trade. Both are new to the US hobby, and I can now say that I have the largest Panesthiinae collection in the US (which is ironic because up until a couple years ago I considered this subfamily quite boring). 😄 Probably won't last long with all the species we're seeing enter the US hobby as of late, and there's still at least one Panesthiinae species in the US hobby and a strain of P.a.cognata I have yet to acquire, but yeah, I'm flexing my current collection and nerdiness. 😎🤣

Anyways, serious talk now, let's talk about the species I got. 😅 First off, Ancaudellia serratissima serratissima. These things are TINY compared to A.hamifera, like A.hamifera max out at almost 2 inches long (when plump and well fed/gravid). These serratissima max out at maybe 1 inch... About the same size as Salganea t. taiwanensis. 😂 However despite their size I really like them, they're cute mini Ancaudellia with very dark brown (almost black) nymphs and adults. 

I've got my dozen or so individuals in a moderately ventilated container with several inches of rotten hardwood substrate and a bit of leaf litter, which I'm keeping humid. I'm keeping them at room temps (70-74F°) and am offering dog food and fruits as supplemental food, though the bulk of their diet will be the rotten wood.

Here are some pictures of the little cuties:

Adult female 

Nymph

I've already got some adults to work with as well as subadults and smaller nymphs, so hopefully these will get to breeding relatively soon. 🤞😁

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Next up, we've got Panesthia angustipennis angustipennis "Sabah, Malaysia - Gold Winged Form". These are actually really nice, we have yet to establish the nominate subspecies of angustipennis in the US hobby (mostly because back in the day US breeders didn't really seem to know how to keep them lol), let alone the Gold Winged form! 😄 These get significantly larger than P.a.cognata I'm pretty sure, so it'll be awesome to see these grow!

I've got my 8 small nymphs housed in a moderately ventilated container with several inches of rotten hardwood substrate and a little leaf litter, which I'm keeping humid. I'm keeping them at room temps (70-74F°), and am offering them dog food and fruits as supplemental foods, though the bulk of their diet will be the rotten wood.

Here are some pictures of a couple of the nymphs, oddly some nymphs are quite pale, while others are darker with four orange spots (the latter being more typical of "Normal Form" angustipennis, but I guess even these "Gold Winged" cultures still throw out nymphs that look like that):

Very pretty, can't wait to see adults in 8 months or so... 😅 Hopefully I'll be able to get the normal, black winged form of this species one day as well (and while I'm at it, all of the other Panesthiinae spp. in culture too... 😂).

Anyways, that's gonna do it for this post, one more to go for this series, I saved the best for last... 😁 Hope you all enjoyed, stay safe, stay buggy, and I'll see everyone next time! 😉