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It is probably just a slight color variation between individuals. I wouldn't worry about it.

Thank you Bill!

I got a Grammostola porteri female, named Rosie lol! Yeah not the most original name, whatever. Back when I was 9 I was not the best at naming things. Guess what I named my eastern glass lizard? Legless.

I am just really interested in this genus, and a friend has a bunch of Parcoblatta species in his area that he collected for me for free! Here in Idaho there is only one native cockroach species, and until recently it was thought that no native species lived here! Thanks to me, that rumor has been debunked, and the species happens to be a Parcoblatta species! (Parcoblatta americana).

Here are some photos of this under-appreciated Parcoblatta! Nymphs: Adult female:

Well several months later, my babies are maturing! Here are some pictures of the F1 adults! Adult male: Adult female: I am so happy these guys are doing well, looks like the next generation is coming soon!

One of my females has matured!! These guys are doing much better now, I made some changes to the substrate and now they are thriving! There are two subadult males in the enclosure as well, so it looks like she will have someone to mate with soon!

Well they will probably fill that tub, I'll tell you that much. They shouldn't outgrow the tub though, and if you are concerned you could always remove the heating elements to slow down the breeding.

Yep, these guys are really low maintenance!

From a different roach colony, I don't currently have any containers dedicated to springtails.

I only change substrate if there is something really wrong with it, weird fungal infections, extremely severe mite infestation, etc. Otherwise there is really no need to change the substrate. When I do change the substrate, I take out most of the isopods, if there are any in the cage, and then throw out the substrate. Some isopods will be thrown out, but the majority will be saved. Then I replace the isopods and add springtails harvested from another cage.

Perfect, now you'll have a great cleanup crew!

Oh yeah, that's the problem. If you want crazy reproduction rates you have to keep them at about 80-85. Maybe you should switch to apples, I think the citric acid in oranges is not great for roaches if they are constantly eating it. Perhaps that is why those nymphs are mysteriously dying, I don't know.

No problem, hope they can get you your clean up crew!

The petstore ones are almost certainly Tenebrio molitor, never seen any petstore sell Alphitobius. Good, hopefully they will send you some springtails. Ooooh, very nice! Very lush looking, I love it!

Welcome! You should definitely get into the roach hobby, as I have said many times, it is extremely addicting! Have you been keeping your dubia colony heated? Have you offered fruits on a regular basis?

Well that sucks, you should ask them to send you some springtails! You can always go in your backyard and try to find some isopods, that is where all of my isopod colonies originated from. Regular mealworms, Tenebrio molitor won't do anything, they have to be lesser mealworms, Alphitobius diaperinus. Those are the ones that make good clean-up crews.

Well if you use a clean up crew you'll want to put some coconut fiber at the bottom, most of them need it. Springtails are great cleanup crews, so are isopods. I would try to use a combination of both. Springtails are good at eating leftovers and preventing mold, isopods are better for dead roaches. As long as you have a moist corner, both should do well. Lesser mealworm beetles work as well, but you need to remove some adults as the population grows, otherwise you'll have too many in the cage!

Cool, I've heard good things about Jamie's! Still, I think I'll stick to roaches, much cheaper and overall more interesting to me.

Ooh, sounds very nice, if you do put some roaches in there I bet they'll love it! Sorry, I have only kept one tarantula and she is in a rather plain and dry setup, though she doesn't seem to mind. I've always wanted to keep a A.versicolor, they seem much more interesting and active than my rose hair!

It does seem a little light colored for a virginica, but it doesn't seem to match any of the other Parcoblatta. It's overall body shape and color resemble virginica the most.

Yeah, I saw on the Arachnoboards, sorry for your loss. I don't quite know how long it takes, never froze a roach before. I would assume it would be dead within a few hours, though it will shut down and "sleep" after about half an hour. Yeah, my T hasn't eaten in over half a year now, she loves to fast. Yep, hissers are much more approachable than other, more skittish roaches. That's probably the reason why they are so popular!

Well you got to remember, they are roaches after all. You'd be surprised just how long a dying roach can last. On of my Brysotria sp. "Cuba" had an absolute horrible molt, poor thing was stuck in it's skin and disfigured beyond belief. It lasted two whole days before I put it out of its misery, it probably could have lived for another two days if I let it suffer. Even though your girl probably had a post adult molt, she will probably hang on for a few more days. She won't be getting better though, I believe she is just too far gone. If she were mine, I'd probably freeze her or feed her to something.

Yes you may! It is definitely a Parcoblatta nymph, my guess is virginica.

Yeah, frankly I'm surprised more people aren't keeping them. They are just so interesting!