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BugmanPrice

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  1. It could possibly be a new species or local variant (although with insects they aren't named, leave that to the ornithologists). Really the only way to tell for sure would to be get a hold of some of adult specimens right out of the "wild".
  2. Bulbs tend to desiccate things quite well too, a problem for little nymphs especially. What do you mean by cold days? Unless it’s dropping below sixty-five inside and you are worried about getting them to reproduce like rabbits, they are probably okay without additional heat. It’s much better to have them be cool and slow than running the risk of turning the enclosure into a Mayan torture chamber Easy Bake oven.
  3. Most people get ‘roaches so they don’t need feeder crickets… not so they can feed them crickets. I’m afraid that ‘roaches will probably even eat adult crickets; about five years ago I tried the same thing with some hissers. Hissers are the most vegetarian of my species and even they munched down on all the crickets (multiple dozens) within a few weeks.
  4. Welcome aboard! You are lucky to be located in that region of Europe; quite a few 'roach breeders there with some really neat species.
  5. Welcome back! You had a bunch of amblypigids once didn't you, or maybe it was your pic?
  6. Are you raising them to use in skeletonizing or just for fun? Pretty neat…
  7. I'd agree with Ralph, the first is a Periplaneta sp. (I’d guess americana?) and the last two are Parcoblatta sp. We'd probably need good adult pictures to get a species name. Neat though, are you going to keep them?
  8. Beautiful, they remind me of a red oak wood floor…
  9. I’d have to guess four-five months. I keep finding assorted tegmina lying around the enclosure without anything else so it’s hard to tell when they’re knocking off.
  10. I'd defiantly go for the peppereds first for the classroom. That has to be, by far, the neatest ‘roach enclosure I’ve ever seen by the way!!! As far as heat pads, I’d go reptitherm or Exo-terra.
  11. It's got to be Parcoblatta americana; it's the only (known) sp. in the genus in California. As Ralph stated, the color might be do to the exoskeleton not fully tanning yet. It could also just be individual variation.
  12. One problem I foresee is that any colony of ‘roach is usually kept at a density that is so unnaturally high that any decomposer you put to work just won’t be able to keep up (especially with such a large species). What kind of substrate did you use? Normally a well fed colony shouldn’t eat their own substrate (all of it in six months at least). If you have live plants in there chances are they’re going to get eaten and torn apart; you’re going to need to replace the plant often (not too hard if it’s kept in a little planter pot), I doubt there is a way around it. I am interested to see how it works out though; you can do a post showing how you set it all up with pictures and such. Good luck!
  13. If you're going for the light, I'd just use a normal white light (soft is probably best); they can’t see the red end of the spectrum well and can probably pick up UV but they’re pretty expensive bulbs. You may also want to try a molasses/beer mix (Really Dad, it’s for my beetles! ) for your bait, that could work to attract them but if there’s too much they may get stuck (could work to your advantage if done right) or drown. I assume this is a live recovery operation…? Congrats though, welcome to the coalition of kids who told their parents that they got a new pet beetle… Seven years ago I got my first colony of African hissing beetles!
  14. They have a pretty long incubation period but don’t worry yourself; within a short time you’ll have plenty of them! I think every ‘roach keeper out there should have a colony of these.
  15. Sorry to hear that MattK, but from others mistakes hopefully we can all learn so thanks for sharing. I hope there is somebody that can get you another culture of the Pycnoscelus niger vel aff. N. Bohr: An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a narrow field.
  16. I noticed there weren't any entries for this species in the photogallery...
  17. I can't help you but it sure is a beautiful species, whatever it may be. There is someone on this board that has a profile avatar that looks a lot like it but I can’t remember the name.
  18. Sweet! Good Luck to ya!!!
  19. Even though they are a pretty common feeder and most people look at them as fairly lackluster, I do enjoy my little colony for more reasons than just feeding my Ts. They are kind of fun to watch, the way they steal a piece of food and then try to stab at other ‘roaches coming to get it with their hind legs’ tibial spines is interesting. But, they are also my fav feeder.
  20. How big is she? If it was a 1" T I might be a little worried but if she's a good 3" then there's nothing to worry about.
  21. I don’t know much about this genus but Orin can probably help you out. I just wanted to congratulate you on your find, absolutely beautiful!!!
  22. Mature Parcoblatta spp. females have reduced wings…REALLY reduced wings and from the picture (at least) I can’t see any.
  23. I thought you might be going for the “chimney” affect (kind of). Good idea. I hadn’t really thought about that before since I have ventilation towards the top, an automatic “keep the holes away from the contained” response. Then when I saw how yours were positioned I thought something must be going on…
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