Severus Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 What are you top five favorite species of roach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 1. Archimandrita tesselata 2. Eublaberus distanti 3. Diploptera punctata 4. Byrsotria fumigata 5. Blaberus boliviensis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senses-Tingling Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 This list is of the species that I currently own - not my top 5 of all species. 1. Therea grandjeani 2. Therea petiveriana 3. Archimandrita tesselatta 4. Blaberus giganteus (toss-up with B. craniifer) 5. Hemiblabera tenebricosa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 1. Therea sp. "grandjeani" 2. Therea petiveriana Your first two may be the same animal. T. petiveriana coloration varies by geography and so far there's no evidence the "grandjeani" aren't a color variety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 I have a dried T. petiveriana specimen from India with round rather than square spots and the square ones throw some different colors too. There are all sorts of species that might be the 5 greatest if available so I'll stick with those kept in the hobby. 1. Macropanesthia rhinoceros 2. Gromphadorhina oblongonota 3. Blaberus giganteus 4. Gyna lurida (nice yellow form only) 5. Deropeltis paulinoi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Judging from that photo I would say its not a far stretch before that pattern morphs into the reverse question mark pattern on the supposed "grandjeani". I am inclined to agree that Therea are Therea petriveriana variants. The only thing I wonder about is in my batch of Therea sp. "grandjeani", the males are usually quite a bit smaller than the females. Is this consistant with the variation or is it just a factor of the group that I have?? Also, my ranking (though it is a difficult choice): 1. Marcopanesthia rhinoceros 2. Gromphadorhina oblongata 3. Blaberus giganteus 4. Lucihormetica sp. 5. Therea sp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 The only thing I wonder about is in my batch of Therea sp. "grandjeani", the males are usually quite a bit smaller than the females. Larger females are normal for the square Therea as well but some females are the same size or smaller. The question mark coloration and the normal round spotted coloration (dead specimen) both are smaller than the square spotted Therea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeriplanetaAmericana Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Hello, 1 Macropanesthia rhinoceros 2 Megaloblatta blaberoides (I know they aren´t in the hobby now) 3 Lucihormetica verrucosa 4 Therea petiveriana 5 Archiblatta hoeveni Best regards, Javier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maarten.. Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 1 Gyna lurida 2 Therea petiveriana 3 Lucihormetica subcinta 4 Blaptica dubia 5 Princisia Vanwaerebeki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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