Gsc Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Does anyone know anything about Archiblatta hoeveni? I have only seen pics on one roach website... check out the pics (they are the 1st ones on the list): http://www.minizoo.donetsk.ua/Roaches.html I'm guessing that they have made it into the hands of a few european breeders...any ideas on when we may see them in the US? I love the long legs!!!! Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Does anyone know anything about Archiblatta hoeveni? I have only seen pics on one roach website... check out the pics (they are the 1st ones on the list): http://www.minizoo.donetsk.ua/Roaches.html I'm guessing that they have made it into the hands of a few european breeders...any ideas on when we may see them in the US? I love the long legs!!!! Graham As far as I can research it, two soviets, a polish guy, and possibly a guy in Denmark have them in very limited numbers. None for sale or trade, yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megaloblatta Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 I have kept Archiblatta hoeveni, although not very successfully - the nymphs and adult females I had soon died! However, my friend Ian Abercrombie, has been very successful with keeping and breeding this spectacular species and has written a detailed article about how did it which will be published in issue 2 of the Blattodea Culture Group's full color journal Cockroach Studies, which is currently in press. For more information see http://www.blattodea-culture-group.org/node/801 and http://www.blattodea-culture-group.org/node/1181 Photos of an adult female and an ootheca can be viewed on my online catalogue of world cockroaches. To see them go here http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/ed...chForTaxon.aspx, enter "hoeveni" in the "Name of taxon box", click Submit and then click the photo thumbnails. Note that Ian no longer keeps this species, and as far as I know, no-one else in the UK has any either at the moment. George Beccaloni (Deputy Editor of Cockroach Studies) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsc Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 Thank you for the information.... Hmmm. To bad success has been limited with this species. Hopefully they will get established sooner or later... This gives me something new to ponder... Again- Thank you! Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Archiblatta hoeveni? This is one species I would love to see in U.S. collections, mine in particular! I think it is a beautiful bug to be sure. If anyone ever imports them I would want to be first on thier customer list...!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randolph#20 Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 well, if u happen to know some malayan lines, u will notice that they are not that hard to find in their natural habitat, however, importing WC animals should not be encouraged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucihormetica Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 There are severall BCG-Members in Germany,which has a small, but a successful culture at the moment. And of course, a detailed paper was printed in the last CS. best regards ingo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Áron Horvath Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 I have 10 joung.... I now buy from my exece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EffeCi Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Only for trade... here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EffeCi Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 I bought three adults (one male and two females) on sunday... I'll be very grateful for every suggestion about setup, temperature, humidity and food... and, of course, I'll post some pictures ASAP... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EffeCi Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 As promised... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Those are some great photos! How big are your adults in millimeters? I imagine your main obstacle will be trying to get the oothecae to hatch. When you have eggcases try setting up at least two different hatching containers with high and medium humidity levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul vern Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 You bought them after all! Obviously I hope you'll soon get plenty of them! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EffeCi Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 New pictures... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 How big are the adults in millimeters??? P.S. Great new photos. Any big enough for the calendar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Question: Have you had them long enough for any to molt? If so, did any molt wrong or harden off before fully out of its old skin? Did you find a way around this problem? The most difficulty with this species seems to be getting mis-shapen after a "bad molt", even with places to hang from... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 How big are the adults in millimeters??? P.S. Great new photos. Any big enough for the calendar? Rumor has it that they get to be 70 mm long..... so how long are the ones in these photos ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EffeCi Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 The two females are approximatively 60 mm bodylenght... the male is 50-55 mm One has moulted after I bought them... without problems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNK Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 I succeeded in breeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Congrats, maybe you can spread them around a little! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoogleBug Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I would pay almost ANY PRICE for some of these. Isn't anyone NOT going to be stengy with information/clues? I would love to know where to get them, how to get them, and how to care for them, so that I could breed them and help make them more easily accessible for EVERYONE in the hobby! They are so beautiful, my favorite cockroaches by far. (I'm serious about the ANY PRICE, too.....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 *Cough.* Matt K. *Cough.* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 They are illegal to import into the USA from Japan, very unfortunately. When some were available a while back, they ran about $300 US each, though I knew of someone who paid $70 Euro each a couple years ago. They are probably harder to find than any other roach ever in the hobby and can be exceptionally difficult to keep. Not recommended for a beginner or intermediate hobbiest in my opnion... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoogleBug Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 They are illegal to import into the USA from Japan, very unfortunately. When some were available a while back, they ran about $300 US each, though I knew of someone who paid $70 Euro each a couple years ago. They are probably harder to find than any other roach ever in the hobby and can be exceptionally difficult to keep. Not recommended for a beginner or intermediate hobbiest in my opnion... Well, I'm not a beginner personally... I was always curious how it would be any more difficult for an "intermediate" to keep difficult insects than someone more experienced, it seems like if a person stuck to the right schedules for humidity, feeding, temp, lighting, and whatever else that they would have just as much of a chance at succeeding as anyone else? I haven't kept any especially difficult roaches before, but I have kept and bred other touchy inverts. I'm not going to give up hope! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrackerpants Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Any word on getting these in the U.S.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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