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  1. Just wait. When my p. pennsylvanica nymphs molted to subadult, the female's appearance barely changed but the males turned jet black with white edges.
  2. I think you'd be better off with a coconut fiber/ sand mixture or something to that effect.
  3. Paleodictyopterids. That's what they're called. Considering that they have 'dictyopterid' in their name, I wonder how closely related they are to cockroaches? Maybe that's what this mutation is expressing, sort of like how chickens still have the genes for teeth.
  4. Wasn't there once some kind of prehistoric flying insect that had an extra pair of wing- like projections on it's thorax? It's name eludes me right now, it looks sort of like a mayfly.
  5. That should be sufficient but when you have a bunch they could crawl out all over the place or get squashed when you shut the lid. Vaseline is kind if messy and melts if heated, in a recent thread somoene mentioned Teflon coated tape as a better alternative. Is that a DIY tank? I like the design.
  6. I wish catara rugicollis was in the hobby just so I could touch one and see what their exoskeleton feels like... They look like the roach version of a blue death feigning beetle, only cooler.
  7. She just molted? Maybe her leg was bleeding from being chewed by another roach, and the hemolymph stuck as it dried or 'scabbed'? But that doesn't explain why she died, since they live just fine with missing legs. Hmmm. I bet it's an anomaly and nothing to worry about though.
  8. Cool! The adult males are orange, right? When they reach adulthood you should take a picture of a male lata next to an americana or a virginica.
  9. There's a video of an american cockroach pouncing on and eating a small cricket.
  10. I guess they're harmless because they don't consume living plants or animals, just dead stuff.
  11. Yeah but those are all small and not nearly as common and widespread as introduced armadillidium, oniscus and porcellio. I wonder what took their niche before their introduction. I feel like they must have a dramatic impact on native environments, but they've been here so long that it can't be studied. Perhaps those small species did once dominate but they've been displaced?
  12. Why are all of the common isopod species in the US supposedly non native? Apart possibly from a few southern Florida species, it seems all woodlice are introduced from Europe... Why aren't there any native North American species? And considering how abundant the invasive ones are, why hasn't their impact on the ecosystem been studied more extensively? I just have a hard time imagining that the continent was once isopod- free...
  13. I've read that before, and it seems they've changed it. Now it seems to be saying that protein is ok. Unless I'm confused and thinking about something else.
  14. They probably won't eat springtails. Too quick for most harvestmen I imagine.
  15. Yeah but you don't usually find the queen that way in my experience.
  16. Try peeling back the bark on dead logs and you might find young colonies, even if it's cold. For the most part species doesn't matter, just choose whatever you like the look of. Formica and camponotus sp. are large and easy to observe.
  17. Because they're diurnal and like sunshine
  18. Presumably just keep em well lit and feed them fruit flies? Pic see why you'd want to keep them, a couple months back I saw two chasing eachother around on some leaves and thought they would be interesting to observe because they're so active, running around everywhere looking for aphids and such to eat.
  19. I think he means this fly: http://thesmallermajority.com/2015/03/12/mozambique-diary-red-headed-flies/ Although the photographer who writes that blog has a theory that the flies themselves mimic blister beetles. Maybe it's mullerian mimicry?
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