Undescribed sp.

WildEyeReptiles · #1 09-27-2007, 01:03 PM

Has anyone bred any of the undescribed species yet? Particularly "sworderi"?

chuckpowell · #2 11-01-2007, 05:38 PM

Not yet, but I have hope they will with the cooler weather this winter.

Best,

Chuck

chuckpowell · #3 11-14-2007, 10:59 AM

I have breed the wierd C.peguensis and have an offspring; had 4 eggs go bad also - horrible fly problem this summer. That one, the peguensis, seems very easily breed - lots of eggs and I haven't done anything special.

Anyone figure out what exactly it is? A subspecies, a differet species? Or just a locality variation. Also anyone remember exactly where it came from? I don't.

Best,

Chuck

Not the best picture, but it'll do till I get a better one up

sune jensen · #4 11-16-2007, 06:05 PM

I have no intention of pretending to be an expert on peguensis, but the pattern around the neck on these 'wierd cf. peguensis' reminds me a lot of papilioniodes. I suppose they could be a 'missing link' species between the 2. (I kept both species in the past)

Sune

aquapimp · #5 11-16-2007, 10:30 PM

Please excuse my ignorance, guys. I saw the threat of "flies" can you elaborate? I assume by your posts that they are parasitic on eggs?

Much thanks!

aquapimp · #6 11-17-2007, 12:27 AM

so... what are the ramifications? Eggs going bad? breeders dying? I've never had to deal with these. Are they native? or introduced?

aquapimp · #7 11-17-2007, 08:51 AM

Thanks for the info. They sound nasty! I hope I'm safe since I primarily work with desert species.

WildEyeReptiles · #8 12-03-2007, 11:15 AM

The flies that have caused a few problems for my eggs were not the ones that Shane has mentioned, they are truly a textbook phorid. The ones that we have dont kill anything living, they just get to an egg every once in a while, and to be honest, its not impossible that there may have been something wrong with the egg to allow them to enter- weak spot in the shell, hairline crack etc. I'm not positive they can enter an intact egg. I used to keep all of my eggs together in the same type of container and only once in a while would phorids get in, and they only attacked one egg every time, seems like they should have spread if they were able? I would be willing to bet you got an import with those nasty wasp like flies, and now they are spreading easily to all kinds of other things...

WildEyeReptiles · #9 12-03-2007, 01:29 PM

I suppose moving the animals and "bug bombing" wouldnt do any good if they are truly parasitic... have you tried anything of that nature?