New Ootheca, Babies, and Larvae + M.contracta Development!

Hi Everyone!
Glad to officially be back after studying hard for and taking my semester finals this week. My bugs just won't slow down, it seems like they keep changing everyday! So with the mass amount of updates, I'll be separating out everything between this post and the next two. Now let's just hope nothing new happens before then. LOL
I'll start with my P.pennsylvanica and go on from there.
Well, my female just produced her first ootheca and a very large one at that! Unfortunately, I only got pictures when she was just starting to form the ootheca, so you guys really can't see how large it ended up being, but trust me, it was massive! Despite its size, she must have hidden it very well because I no longer can locate it. LOL
Anyway, here's a couple photos of her carrying it.

Adult female P.pennsylvanica with ootheca

Now let's move onto my Therea olegrandjeani.
As you can probably guess, I just got my first batch of babies! I took some time to count them and there seems to be approximately fifty five with a couple more oothecae left to hatch! Needless to say I'm very happy with all the little guys! However, right now they are only the size of my Sinella curviseta so I wasn't able to get many decent pics of them, but I did get one.
Here's a pic of one of my fuzzy babies! :)

First instar T.olegrandjeani nymph

Next, let's talk about my new tenebrionid larvae.
Recently, I was given the opportunity to work with the odd and bulbous (adult females) Eleodes goryi through the extremely generous gift of thirty larvae from Eli Morton AKA lovebugfarm on various arthropod forums. Thanks a ton Eli! The larvae of this species are darker in color than most Eleodes and flip violently when handled! I'm keeping them in my old E.sinensis"White Eye" enclosure with a slightly moist substrate mix of coconut fiber, dead leaves, and small chunks of rotten wood.
Here's a couple photos of them!

E.goryi larvae

Let's end with my Meracantha contracta.
Well, if you read the comments on my last post you already know this, but a couple days ago I checked on my M.contracta larvae to find that one of my larger larvae had developed into a pre-pupa and the other into a pupa! The key words in that last sentence were "a couple days ago" because I actually just checked on them again today and noticed that the one that was a pre-pupa has now also molted into a pupa! I'm very glad that they are all developing well, now I'm just hoping that my smallest larva will catch up to the other guys at adulthood, not too sure about my chances of having a pair with only two adults. Unfortunately, the camera I use is acting funny so I wasn't able to get any pictures of the new pupa, but I did get some of other pupa so I'll just share them here along with the pre-pupa(who just molted into a pupa).
Here they are!

M.contracta pre-pupa

M.contracta pupa

Hope all of you enjoyed this update-crammed post and if you want to hear about the rest of them, check out my next two post! Peace out. :)

Some Nice Finds

Hey Everybody!
Made a trip down to that nature preserve again where I found my Parcoblatta pennsylvanica and Meracantha contracta. I came back once again with some awesome finds!
I found two large Meracantha contracta larvae, one large Neopyrochroa flabellata larva, about six Trachelipus rathkii(mostly orange individuals), and a large Dolomedes tenebrosus!
Was really excited to find the two M.contracta larvae, hopefully I've got an individual of each sex out of the three larvae I have!
Here are some photos!

Two large M.contracta larvae

Large M.contracta larvae compared to smaller M.contracta larva

Really crossing my fingers that I'll be able to rear these guys to adulthood! I'll keep you guys updated on them!
Next, here's some pics of the interesting-looking N.flabellata larva!

Large N.flabellata larva

I saw a good number of these guys while looking under rotten logs at the nature preserve, so I'll be giving it a compacted substrate of rotten wood. Will be interesting seeing it's development to an adult. By the way, does anyone know what the adults eat?
Lastly, here's some pics of the large and beautiful D.tenebrosus!

D.tenebrosus

I'm not sure how long I'll be keeping this guy(don't really have a strong colony of feeders), but it'll be fun observing it during the time that I do have it!
I'm also really happy to have collected the orange T.rathkii, I added them to the community that I'm trying to isolate the orange trait in. As an extra bonus, I was able to collect a nice supply of rotten wood, which is always nice to have plenty of!
Have a good night everybody, and I'll see you all next time!