petesredtraps Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 My Roridula is only 4" tall at the moment,but it is growing steadily.The time will come when I'll want to infest it with the bugs. Can anyone suggest as to how to best go about this? find someone with bugs and put your plants next to it! i am still hoping to do this in the summer If you succeed in doing this then I can come and see you as you're not too far away,I'll no doubt buy some plants from you -agreed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenofeden Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 don't count your chickens, but yes, all going well and if I get a sustainable colony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HugoMorse Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 I wonder what your other halfs will think when you tell them that are intentionally growing plants to have, of all things, assasin bugs on them. ;) I would love one and the bugs but do not have the space with all my VFT's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic brown Posted March 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 I'm not sure where the idea that Pameridea spp. are 'Assassin bugs' orginated - but since Peter D'Amato published it in 'The Savage Garden' it has become a common misconception. 'Assassin bugs' are members of the family - Reduviidae Pameridea spp. are members of a different family - Miridae. The common name for members of this family is Capsid bugs. They don't look like Assassin bugs and they are not closely related to them either. Some may think I'm nit-picking, but as an entomologist that has worked quite a lot with True Bugs (Order - Heteroptera), this error is a bit like calling a pitcher plant an orchid! :) Vic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeciFiX Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Roridula probably defines a paracarnivorous plant. Not sure how to get a hold of one nowadays, but it looks like they are extremely slow growers. Awesome bugs! Good to know you can harvest a colony of Assassin bugs on a plant and not worry about a invasion of the house. It'd be rather funny to show my parents a hundred little bugs crawling on one of my plant, that'd be hilarious. Awesome Roridula, I've never seen the bugs or plant up close! Good growing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sockhom Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Some may think I'm nit-picking, but as an entomologist that has worked quite a lot with True Bugs (Order - Heteroptera), this error is a bit like calling a pitcher plant an orchid! :)Vic I totally agree with you, Vic. Please, stop that headbangging on the wall Besides, among other differences, most (true) assassin bugs are much bigger than mere Pameridae. Necifix: Pameridae are not assassin bugs! Friendly, François. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oliv-666 Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Did anybody try to give deshydrate fish food to Pameridea in winter ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic brown Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 As they suck the fluid contents out of prey, I doubt that they would be able to use dried food. I find small crickets, which I buy from a local reptile store, work really well. The bugs love them and being a highly nutritious insect (they are fed on a diet high in protein and vitamins) they grow really well too. They will feed on insects which have been frozen too, so I keep wasps and flies etc from the summer in the freezer, to vary their diet a bit. A box of crickets only costs me £1-99 and lasts about 5-6 weeks. You have to feed the crickets though or they don't last long. Any crickets that die go in my Nepenthes! :) Vic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oliv-666 Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Very good idea ! Thanks Vic ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 I now really really want a roridula with some of these critters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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