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Since I had great success with my pair of U.ebanaui breeding I thought it was a great thing to see for the first time. It was a surprise to see that occuring when I opened up their cage to give them a spraying. Put a nice smile on my face. I turned the lights off in the room and let them go about their business.

I guess I should be expecting towards the end of the month then. That would put it right in line with last year's first clutch of eggs from that pair.

Also, I discovered today that my "female" lineata was actually carrying a nice sized package... two boys now. that put a damper on my night, but atleast he's healthy, right?

cheers,
Jason

as far as it putting a smile on your face to see them mate, I'm sure THEY too had SMILES, hehehehe LOL

NICE, keep us posted, and yes, your little packages may not be the sex you want ,

but HEALTHY is a GOOD thing for sure!
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Eve / PHEve

how old was the lineatus before it started to show the bulge?
good luck with the eggs when you get them.

way to go jason. hopefully you'll continue having success, and hopefully the success will extend to other endeavors we're currently working on!

Well, its not so much that they haven't bred before because they are the pair that produced 8 clutches last year (yes it is possible) of which all but three hatched and leaving three total that survived past the first month. That seems to be the hardest part is the first month for me.

I've never seen them breed because I was too busy working night shift and doing homework. I just collected their eggs and incubated them at room temp (68-72).

Trust me I'm working hard to get the rest going. Bummed about the lineata though.

It'll be time. I think you and I may need to talk about some trades eventually.

cheers
Jason

yea, i agree about the difficulty in the first month. i remember it was almost exactly a year ago now when i hatched out my first phantasticus (rex will be 1 year old on the 9th!!!). the first 2 months, all 3 that hatched were extremely tiny, and im still in awe that i was able to successfully raise each that hatched. while i was successful by starting them off on regular drosophila melanogaster, i think this time around i am going to try pinheads (flies get to be such a pain!). most certainly, from the many places ive called in search of phants in the past, each person who has told me they produced eggs told me that the #1 problem they had was not getting them to hatch, but getting the hatchlings to survive and eat. my best advice is keep them really cool and keep them in something small and simple. i kept my hatchlings at the mid to high 60's and started to feed small crickets as soon as they were big enough to swallow the smallest of the small ones you can find at the pet store. it was tedious, but i dont regret it a bit! but as im sure you can tell from the ones you have successfully raised past that first month or two, they sure do go thru some great bursts of growth for a while!

Yes they do grow quickly. I kept them just like the parents. Only difference is smaller cages. They did well. All three are still alive.

I used pinheads to raise them up. I've got one remaining because he's a gorgeous little monster, the other two are at east bay vivarium in berkeley.

The only thing I would do differently would be to get some uv light on them right away. it does seem to make a difference.

cheers,
jason

sometimes i forget how strongly some people recommend the UV lights. i kept my babies aside from the parents' tank, which didnt have UV at the time, but they just got some light off of that. one thing i do remember was the fact that the babies' eyes were very darkly colored at first, but once i started giving them their own light, the deep red color faded. but yea, we'll see how this one egg ive got works out, and once it hatches ill try some UV light right off the bat and see if that makes any difference in growth.