buddylee79 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Hello Roach Fans.... I stumbled on a website claiming they specialize in Dubia\Discoid hybrids... I was under the impression that roaches of different genus's couldn't reproduce together. Species is one thing but diffrent genus? Could someone pleas enlighten me on the topic? buddylee79 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Sounds like internet garbage. (It's highly improbable but no more impossible than bigfoot.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddylee79 Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 Sounds like internet garbage. (It's highly improbable but no more impossible than bigfoot.) I like how you put that.....thanks Orin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 What's the website? Do they have any pics, because none would make me think it's fake even more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddylee79 Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 What's the website? Do they have any pics, because none would make me think it's fake even more. Here is the website......roach website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 They just look like a smaller Blaberus to me. Parabolicus or Boliviensis maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddylee79 Posted July 20, 2009 Author Share Posted July 20, 2009 They just look like a smaller Blaberus to me. Parabolicus or Boliviensis maybe? if you read the description for the "hybrid" they claim they take the looks of the discoids. Could one suppose they are selling small discoids as an "exclusive hybrid"? I have noticed in my discoids that some are quite smaller than others, near dubia size. I am new and uneducated in this field, but it seems like trying to breed a tiger with a domestic short hair. Both are "cats" but one is Felidae and the other Panthera. I would be nice if the "internet" had an "accurate filter" so nothing but the truth could be "posted". It is unfortunate that "truth" isn't easier to find than "un-truth". buddylee79 ps....sorry for the rant and all the quotes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I noticed that claim too. With such different roaches, there would have to be some dubia traits visible in them, like female's wings. The smaller discoid theory is a good idea. If we come across anyone who has/is willing to buy some, we would get more information. By the way, I think Bigfoot's real! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I noticed that claim too. With such different roaches, there would have to be some dubia traits visible in them, like female's wings. The smaller discoid theory is a good idea. If we come across anyone who has/is willing to buy some, we would get more information. By the way, I think Bigfoot's real! I call Shenanigans on this one. Species names are spelled wrong. Photos have innaccuracies. Bigfoot is way more probably than these hybrids. There is even a better chance of any other mythological creature.... Sooner or later I will post pics of roach anatomy and show what keys fit and wont fit which locks..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosenKrieger Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 This is interesting. I know a guy who gave me some dubias out of a colony where he was co-habbing them with B. Fusca, and the one's he gave me were way more orange than a normal dubia. Here's a few pictures.. Male: Pair: Nymph: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddylee79 Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 I call Shenanigans on this one. Species names are spelled wrong. Photos have innaccuracies. Bigfoot is way more probably than these hybrids. There is even a better chance of any other mythological creature.... Sooner or later I will post pics of roach anatomy and show what keys fit and wont fit which locks..... Great...I can't wait...thanks Matt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddylee79 Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 This is interesting. I know a guy who gave me some dubias out of a colony where he was co-habbing them with B. Fusca, and the one's he gave me were way more orange than a normal dubia. Here's a few pictures.. Male: Pair: Nymph: I think you just have some nicely colored roaches(although I am no expert)....I too have some highly orange dubias, as shown in the "my Girls" thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Blaptica dubia are a highly variable species. When these things show up people on another forum have a tendancy to post it as a "newly discovered morph" which is very incorrect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugmanPrice Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Haha, well put Matt. That cracks me up! Sooner or later I will post pics of roach anatomy and show what keys fit and wont fit which locks..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Yup Dubia, I had exact ones like yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 QUOTE (Ralph @ Jul 20 2009, 04:06 PM) They just look like a smaller Blaberus to me. Parabolicus or Boliviensis maybe? Both are "cats" but one is Felidae and the other Panthera. I would be nice if the "internet" had an "accurate filter" so nothing but the truth could be "posted". It is unfortunate that "truth" isn't easier to find than "un-truth". buddylee79 ps....sorry for the rant and all the quotes You must mean Felis and not Felidae (Felidae is a family). Blaptica dubia are a highly variable species. When these things show up people on another forum have a tendancy to post it as a "newly discovered morph" which is very incorrect. How about call those variations a breed? Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I found a male and female identical to these in my colony recently. Dubia they are just oddly colored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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