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Physarum polycephalum as springtail food

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ben Gruver Aug 6, 2023. 1 Reply

I recently got some Physarum from Ian (thanks!!), and it has been doing amazingly well for me. I'm highly enjoying keeping and observing the slime mold so far, but my actual goal was to try using it…Continue

Bob the blob.

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ben Gruver Jun 27, 2023. 1 Reply

I thought I'd make a thread to chronicle the exploits of my slime mold, Bob. Bob the blob.I accidentally collected Bob around the beginning of this month, when I was out looking for and collecting…Continue

 

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Ben Gruver left a comment for Jos Richters
"Ah, yeah. hopefully someone over there will be able to hook you up!"
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"Hi Ben, thanks for being a friend! No, I am not in the US. I am in Europe: Netherlands. Anyway, somebody might send me some blob one time. Cheers, Jos."
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Ben Gruver replied to ian's discussion How to get a physarum culture
"I'm not sure if Ian is still sending out sclerotia, I haven't seem him active on here in a while. But If you're in the U.S. I might be able to help :)"
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"Ben Thanks for the contact.  I did reply to your offer to send me some of Bob or his/her/their (it's preferred pronoun?) relatives.  I haven't heard back.  As I mentioned, I live in Maine. Do you have an identification of…"
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Ben Gruver replied to Ben Gruver's discussion Physarum polycephalum as springtail food
"They really seem to be taking to the slime mold as food. They have really started perking back up - looking much better, being more active, and even putting on fat stores that are visible under their skin. And most excitingly, I saw the first…"
Aug 6, 2023
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First sclerotia!

My first time producing "daywalker" sclerotia. The instructions in Ian's manifesto worked perfectly!…See More
Jul 31, 2023
Ben Gruver posted a discussion

Physarum polycephalum as springtail food

I recently got some Physarum from Ian (thanks!!), and it has been doing amazingly well for me. I'm highly enjoying keeping and observing the slime mold so far, but my actual goal was to try using it as springtail food for a species of picky eaters - Vitronura giselae. Other species in the Neanuridae family are known to feed on slime mold, and my initial experiments with these springtails showed some promise -- I just didn't have much luck trying to culture a random wild slime I found, or some…See More
Jul 26, 2023
Ben Gruver replied to Ben Gruver's discussion Bob the blob.
"I was looking at Bob under my stereo microscope today, and I noticed a strange texture on the surface of some of the food. I thought it might be small blobs of slime, so I set up my good macro camera and grabbed 3 shots, 5 minutes apart. Yep! The…"
Jun 27, 2023
Ben Gruver replied to ian's discussion How to get a physarum culture
"Hi Ian! If you have some available and get a chance, I'd love to get some Physarum from you. I want to try to culture/propagate it and use it as food for some springtails that seem to be very picky eaters, but who have expressed an…"
Jun 26, 2023
Ben Gruver posted a discussion

Bob the blob.

I thought I'd make a thread to chronicle the exploits of my slime mold, Bob. Bob the blob.I accidentally collected Bob around the beginning of this month, when I was out looking for and collecting some orange springtails. Bob was a small orange speck, and I was looking for small orange specks.. When I was back inside and going through the spoils of my collection under my stereo microscope, I noticed that it wasn't a springtail, but some solid chunk of orange substance. I figured it was probably…See More
Jun 26, 2023
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First sclerotia!

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My first time producing "daywalker" sclerotia. The instructions in Ian's manifesto worked perfectly!…

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At 15:38 on December 10, 2024, Jos Richters said…

Hi Ben, thanks for being a friend!

No, I am not in the US. I am in Europe: Netherlands.

Anyway, somebody might send me some blob one time.

Cheers,

Jos.

At 10:27 on June 15, 2024, Susan Dexter said…

Ben

Thanks for the contact.  I did reply to your offer to send me some of Bob or his/her/their (it's preferred pronoun?) relatives.  I haven't heard back.  As I mentioned, I live in Maine.

Do you have an identification of Bob's species?

Tulsa hot this time of year? Maine is coolIsh...not what it was decades ago when even businesses didn't have AC.

 
 
 

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