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Oxyhaloa deusta help before husband kills me
Manuel_P replied to KatsKreations's topic in General Blattodea Discussions
watch out with the holes you make, the L1 nymphs are tiny... I keep them in a plastic box (BraPlast) with two big holes covered with extremely fine metal mesh -
Archimandrita tesselata Hissing
Manuel_P replied to stanislas's topic in General Blattodea Discussions
cool video But it looks more like stridulation with the wings/abdomen to me, than "hissing" -
Princisia mites - friend or foe?
Manuel_P replied to Manuel_P's topic in General Blattodea Discussions
Thank you for your answers! Didn't know that they were only commensal, interesting. How would I even be able to remove the mites? -
Hi I got a group of P. vanwaerebeki "Big" today. I just noticed that the bigger ones all have mites on their body. relatively big mites, to be exact. They are brown and move around a bit, some are stationary. The mites are bigger and darker than the ones pictured in this thread Well, I know that "Princisia" and Gromphadorrhina sp. often have symbiotic mites on them, which apparently even prolong their lifespan.. Now I´m wondering, what are these? Parasites? Symbionts? And what should I do to remove them (if parasitic)? Will post pics tomorrow Can anyome of you please
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they can cohabitate with snails, but would outcompete shrimp
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If your tank is not too hot, they do really well in a planted tank. They also reproduce fairly quickly. I had Asellus aquaticus, they were fairly interesting. I was recently thinking about keeping them again. I would say, go for it!
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one more pic of the P. expansus
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I wouldn't do it Why? I don't really want to get too specific, but think about mold, grain mites, bacteria, roach poop mixed with the grains they eat..
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Panchlora sp. (as mentioned before) are great for chameleons. I can also recommend Oxyhaloa deusta as a small feeder, they move quick, love to climb during the day and reproduce pretty quickly. They are not a pest species. But they are relatively small...
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Then I would advise you to look for another species than H. coronatus. They are not easy to keep/breed. I mean, they are not as hard as I. diabolica, but they are no where near easy either. Also, the males mature SIGNIFICANTLY faster than females, and live a very short life. So I guess that might be hard to manage for beginners. I always kept the males a bit cooler, but it did not work everytime. If you like flower mimicing manzids, the easier ones are Creobroter species (nebulosa, gemmatus,....) When you gathered a bit of experience with these, I could also suggest Pseudocreobo
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Thanks guys! I love them too, the bolivare are absolutely massive! But apparently the P. expansus can get even bigger, at least old males. I was told that their uropods alone can reach about 1.5cm in lenght. Also, their colors will get more intense as they age. But I only got smaller ones for not. Here is one of the P. bolivari males
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Hi today I got a new package with Isopods, Porcellio expansus and P. bolivari I was really happy to finally get these two species. I've got almost 20 of each, so that should be a good start. Now I hope they will breed well. juvenile Porcellio expansus
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Hi, I have kind of a stupid question... How do I know if my P. saussurei are adult? Here are a few pics So are they already adult? I thought so, because their light markings on their thorax are not really prominent anymore..
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well, the roaches themselves are not too heat sensitive, but their symbionts are (at least that's what I was told..). I use about 6 inches of substrate, I was told that 4 inches are the minimum, the deeper the better Apparently their burrowas are, as you say, at least semi permanent. I can't see any change at the tunnels they built along the container wall. But they only use them to come up at night. During the day, I never see them there. I think they have many more tunnels all throughout the container It seems they like fungi, because I put in a tiny slice of oyster mushroom,