Filosofine Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Hi there. I hope I have posted this the right place, if not, i'm very sorry So I gave this guy some of my B. Dubia about 6 months ago and when I went to visit him yesterday, I found that there were these giant roaches in his colony He says that he is sure he didn't mix them with other roaches But I have never seen these in my colony, so of corse i'm a little confused Can any of you tell me what this is? They were about 6 cm. and kind of looked like overgrown Dubia juveniles. Here to the right... And here to the left... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 They are Blaberus nymphs, maybe B. fusca. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfox Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Like Orin said, definitely Blaberus genus. I would venture a guess of Blaberus craniifer or those fusca hybrids. Either way it looks like a sub adult male to me, anyone else agree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Like Orin said, definitely Blaberus genus. I would venture a guess of Blaberus craniifer or those fusca hybrids. Either way it looks like a sub adult male to me, anyone else agree? Definitely some sort of Blaberus subadult. If they end up being the "European craniifer" I'd have to say it's a female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filosofine Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Thank you very much guys What is a hybrid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfox Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Thank you very much guys What is a hybrid? Certain Blaberus genus can cross breed. Cross breeding results in a hybrid of two different species within the same genus. It muds up the gene pool so it's best not to have hybrids, especially if they are Blaberus which are pretty similar looking to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filosofine Posted April 16, 2011 Author Share Posted April 16, 2011 Certain Blaberus genus can cross breed. Cross breeding results in a hybrid of two different species within the same genus. It muds up the gene pool so it's best not to have hybrids, especially if they are Blaberus which are pretty similar looking to begin with. Thank you very much for explaining it to me Do you think it could be a mix of both Blaberus craniifer and fusca? or maybe one of them and a B. Dubia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfox Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Thank you very much for explaining it to me Do you think it could be a mix of both Blaberus craniifer and fusca? or maybe one of them and a B. Dubia? Blaberus craniifer and Blaberus fusca can hubridize I think...but Blaberus genus cannot hybridize with Blaptica genus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filosofine Posted April 18, 2011 Author Share Posted April 18, 2011 Blaberus craniifer and Blaberus fusca can hubridize I think...but Blaberus genus cannot hybridize with Blaptica genus. Thank you again very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBJ Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Any pictures of the fusca hybrid - as adult? BR/ Ole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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