They were "virgin" spinsters until the after the young guys came along about 18 months ago, and just started breeding this past spring for the first time. The males were juveniles and then they still had to wait a bit for them to grow up some more and get clued in. I haven't had a batch of eggs since the first two however, but summer is always slow here with frog love, but the interest seems to be increasing again.

I still have two of my original imitator females, which are still breeding. They are about 8 years old, and have gone through a couple of "husbands," in the meantime, and are on their third.

I believe you said you were getting auratus? My blue females are even older than the galacts, maybe a year or two, I can't remember. When they turned out to be all females, I never bothered to order more to see if I could get a male or two, because for the first years they were so shy I rarely even saw them, and couldn't imagine wanting more of something I rarely saw and couldn't even be sure if they were still there or not without virtually taking the tank apart. It took them this long to come out of the woodwork, so to speak, and now they are out and about all the time.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

Dendrobates: auratus blue, auratus Ancon Hill, tinctorius azureus, leucomelas. Phyllobates: vittatus, terribilis, lugubris. Epipedobates: anthonyi tricolor pasaje. Ranitomeya fantastica, imitator, reticulata. Adelphobates castaneoticus, galactonotus. Oophagia pumilio Bastimentos. (updated systematic nomenclature)

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