Cyriocosmus ritae success

[Webbed_obsessed]

The first female ritae produced us an eggsac. Not no where near the numbers I'd like but 53 is not bad for her first. I have a few more females that need to drop and I'll most likely pair her again if she molts. They are some of the cutest Cyriocosmus for sure. My wife calls them the little Oreos of the Cyriocosmus sp. Below is a few pics of the slings and the final three are of the male. He does love to play dead and it's the first male I've had do this so well out of any of my Cyriocosmus. Hopefully I have as much success as I have had with leetzi this year.

 

[octanejunkie]

Nice! What you gonna feed your micro hoard?

 

[Webbed_obsessed]

Nice! What you gonna feed your micro hoard?

I have had great success with peanut beetle larvae. Looks like a mealworm but tiny. I still keep fruit flies but I'm trying these out this season and if they keep doing as good as they have on all the slings I don't believe I'll be relying on flies at all. Alot faster than cutting up larger prey items also.