Matttoadman

I threw three into a tiny container. It’s coco fiber, cypress mulch(tell them it’s a problem), some leaf pieces, a piece of wood and a rock. I mist it weekly. And throw in tiny dubia once a week or so. I plan to upgrade the habitat soon since I see the babies. However I don’t want to crush them.

I thought I would post some pics of my roach displays. Unfortunately at this time only the pantanals have enough adults to be seen. I want to fix a back drop but I’m not sure what to do yet. The big empty is a 29 gallon Blaberus fusca, the other 29 is Eublaberus “pantanal” and then a 3 gallon with Gyna caffrorum.

I also have a 29 gallon full of Eublaberus “pantanal” and it’s pretty cool. It’s also time to add some new wood to it.

Oh yeah it makes an impressive display

I wonder about humidity. Cardboard boxes and egg cartons would be pretty dry. Perhaps shipping can lead to dehydration? It was 5 days.

So she’s about 6 months as an adult? I take it she a senior citizen now?

I removed some tiny temperate springtails from the millipedes. Plus I put some flake fish food for the P. scaber offspring. I finally saw the adults eating last night. I put in some tiny dubia and one was munching away. The isopod adult was trying feed on it too. The centipede finally ran off with it like a dog and a bone.

Yeah, they are in a 29 gallon tank with sticks and bark angled to the tops, several inches of fresh moist coco fiber and oak leaves. Heated on one side I did find a properly molted one just now. ?So hopefully the first three were just flukes.

Back in September I collected 3 of these centipedes. Today I have found pedelings. I assume these would still be considered captive reared? I’m guessing I need to get a bunch of the springtails out of my millipede tank. There are some freshly hatched P. scaber in there now. Of course they are there cause the adults ignore the adult.

I’m up to my third Blaberus molting into adults now. The first two died after two days of struggling. The third started last night and hasn’t made much progress. This one at least has the pronotum free but that is all. Is this the result of being stressed due to shipping? Would increasing the humidity help or is it too late at this point?

I use coco fiber. I have a sheet of oak bark on top of that with a bunch of dead oak leaves. It may just be too shallow of substrate too. I am for upgrading them to a larger bin with more ventilation.

So I received over 50 redrunners, if not 100. I had ordered 25, so had a plastic shoebox ready for them. 5 days later the sharp, wangy smell is pretty rough. Is this just overcrowding? Food? Plastic container?

So I have read that fungus gnats are not uncommon with millipedes but man I’m killing a dozen wat day. Any suggestions? I have them (bumblebees) in a 2.5 gallon, several inches of coco fiber, dead oak leaves, decaying maple wood chunks, and a bit of sand.

And it appears I have a blaberus fusca nymph molting unto an adult!

Just in case anyone is contemplating purchasing a bugarium, I would like to give you a word of caution. The sealant in the corners is not the same used in typical aquariums. Non climbing roach nymphs, gyna caffrorum in this case, can climb the sealant easily. Since the corners are not perfectly square I don’t trust the tiny nymphs to stay in. So I recommend vasolining the corners.

You know I got the red runners just cause I was given an amazon gift card and wanted to use it all. Man I really like them. There are always several running(hahaha) around. They are way bigger than I was expecting. So much so that I need a bigger bin. Plus I got many adults so ootheca should be soon.

5 days in the mail. Cold winter temps. The heat pack was still warm. I lost one in a cloth bag and a few red runner adults in a plastic container. With the generous over count I’m still above what I ordered. ?

I hate not getting to communicate with Daniel. But I just opened a wonderful box from D & C farms. I look forward to keeping this stock going.

Ahhh see research must be done. Well if fusca is just a variant of craniifer than it should be easy to figure out. Merely a comparison of the two.

Gotta love irresponsible keeping. However, we can’t undue this. Are fusca and discoidalis actual ID’d species in nature or are these their given names in culture? I do not have an issue in maintaining them as they are, hobby forms.

Feeling encouraged.

Blaberus fusca and red runners.

Well it’s Saturday and my roaches I was expecting didn’t make it. I seriously doubt they will be alive by Monday. They were sent Wednesday.

So we have all heard of the in hobby cultures regarded/debated as hybrids. Blaberus fusca, Blaberus discoidalis, and several of the hisser genera. My question is, are any of these verified? We know assumptions have been made, but assumptions mean nothing in the world of science. So it seems the main assumption is that since there are no scientically identified examples of a particular culture it must be a hybrid. Since the culture has existed for many years and no fresh wild collected examples have been found it must just be a hybrid. There are many species of roach that are currently in the hobby that have not been identified as of yet. Eublaberus serranus was only recently identified yet had been in the hobby for years. No one ever debated its purity . This does not make them hybrids just unidentified. Has any actually tried to cross to proven separate species of Blaberus or Gromphagorhina to see if they actually will produce viable offspring that are not sterile? Are there variations between stock and within stock to give evidence of hybridization? For example, crossing two distinct species, expecially varying percentages, will produce varied genotypes. Sizes, colors, morphology, fecundity will all fluctuate. I have spent countless hours studying the results of wild gamefowl to domestic chicken crosses. The variability in the offspring is amazing. I think it would be interesting to begin an actual review of one of previously mentioned species. Recording all the information needed to verify a species. To compare different populations. From what I am learning genitalia is one of the main things that is used to distinguish one species from another. I think the members on this sight would have an accurate representation of the species to compare. Also actual hybridization trials would be helpful to dispel or confirm viability. Responsible dead end crossing could be done. So thoughts?

I always use coco fiber. My wife bought a box of the sphagnum moss to use for a crested gecko breeding box and didn’t like it. So I would only be adding it to the top for looks. The substrate will be several inches of coco fiber, dead oak leaves and dead magnolia leaves. Magnolia leaves provide a nice look, solid structure for nymphs and last forever. I’m probably going to do a back ground where you use great stuff foam, spray adhesive and cover with coco fiber. Then put some sticks in it to make them look like roots.