Xenoblatta Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Hello there friends! I'll be adding pictures of some of my weird breeding... Let's start by introduce this amazing species Phortioeca phoraspoides 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tleilaxu Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Very nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All About Arthropods Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Wow, so odd! The nymphs are like dalmation-colored Lanxoblatta rudis, but the adults (minus the pronotum) are very similar in appearance to Eublaberus! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 OMG!!!! These are amazing, I need them in my life LOL! What husbandry needs do they have? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenoblatta Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 8 hours ago, Hisserdude said: OMG!!!! These are amazing, I need them in my life LOL! What husbandry needs do they have? Well... they have similar husbandry needs to any Zetoborinae that lives in dead wood and warm places (around 26°C—30°C). A lot of dead wood, specially with soft surfaces for them to feel camouflaged as flat roaches :-D. They don't need a really moist substrate (how it seems like in some of the pictures above), some slight humidity in the substrate and air is just fine :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizentrop Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Very nice to see those in breeding. I had a different species, and although they are similar to Lanxoblatta in many ways (like the need for flat wood pieces), I agree that they take substrate dryness much better than their smaller relatives. It's a great genus to work with.@Hisserdude Their nymphs are a bit bulkier than Lanoblatta's. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 6 hours ago, Xenoblatta said: Well... they have similar husbandry needs to any Zetoborinae that lives in dead wood and warm places (around 26°C—30°C). A lot of dead wood, specially with soft surfaces for them to feel camouflaged as flat roaches :-D. They don't need a really moist substrate (how it seems like in some of the pictures above), some slight humidity in the substrate and air is just fine :-) 3 hours ago, wizentrop said: Very nice to see those in breeding. I had a different species, and although they are similar to Lanxoblatta in many ways (like the need for flat wood pieces), I agree that they take substrate dryness much better than their smaller relatives. It's a great genus to work with.@Hisserdude Their nymphs are a bit bulkier than Lanoblatta's. Good to know, thanks for the information! Sounds like they are fairly easy to breed. They are a stunning species, really hope they'll make their way into the US hobby one day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dactylus Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Another gorgeous species! I too hope that these make it into the USA hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pannaking22 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Wow, what beauties! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test Account Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 With this diversity, we really ought to start calling zetoborines “disc/woodlouse roaches” and not “bark roaches” to avoid interspecific confusion... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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