Have you checked out arachnoboards? I know the main focus is on tarantulas, but they have sections that deal with true spiders, sentipedes, millipedes, and other arthropods, and regarding there captive care
Very neat, almost looks like a smiley face! You should try and breed specifically for this color form, although I'm sure it would be a long time before you saw any results.
Check out roundvents.com and click the section that says, Aluminum open screen vents - tab style, they have all different sizes and the 3 inch vents are only $1:65 a piece. I bought a box of them last year and I'm still waiting to throw them in some cages
Like everyone said letting the substrate dry out a bit and adding clean up crews will help combat the problem. When I had fungus gnats in my B. Giganteus enclosure that's what I did + I added some fly sticky tape to the inside of their enclosure where the roaches couldn't get to it, and that took care of the rest of the gnats
I plug my heat cable in to a rheostat, which is basically a lamp dimmer. Then I zig zag the heat cable under 1/3 or 1/2 of the tub and use masking tape to tape down the cables, although foil tape might be a better alternative.
Hi Maia! And welcome to the forum!
if your looking for places to buy roaches you should check out
bugs in syberspace
cape cod roaches
and roach crossing
and of course the classifieds hear.
Thanks, B giganteus is a awesome species to keep! I hear that a lot of keepers have trouble breeding them, but I don't find that to be the case for me.
Hi, my name is Gaven, I've always been interested in bugs but I just started keeping arthropods about 2 years ago. I made a account a while back but never got around to posting. I've learned a lot from reading the posts hear, and I look forward to learning more!
I'll post a list of the species I currently have below. With a * representing the species I am breeding.
Eurblaberus distanti
Elliptorhina chopardi *
Blaberus giganteus *
Paratermoptetyx coulonians*
Elliptorhina javanica*
little kanyans*
Therea regullaris
Archimandrita tesselata
Gromphadorhina oblongonota
Therea petiveriana*
Dubia*
Dubia Gold
Hemiblabera tenebricosa*
Blaberus colosseus
Aeluropoda insignis*
sorry if I miss spelled any of the scientific names. I plan on doubling the amount of species I own this year. ?