Zephyr Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Possibly subadult nymph. Trying to scurry away: Exit stage left: Gotcha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hisserman Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Wow! Do you have any idea what species it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 Wow! Do you have any idea what species it is? Cryptocercus is the genus, but as far as species, I've been told it could be C. darwini (I think?) or C. virginica(us?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfox Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Wow they do look quite primitive. Did you find these or did you get them from a source? I'm hopefully going to find some of those this spring...along with many more Parcoblatta species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Wow they do look quite primitive. Did you find these or did you get them from a source? I'm hopefully going to find some of those this spring...along with many more Parcoblatta species. A friend of mine sent them to me. Good luck finding them; he only finds them occasionally but when he does, he finds quite a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfox Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 A friend of mine sent them to me. Good luck finding them; he only finds them occasionally but when he does, he finds quite a few. Does he split open logs to find them or in the leaf litter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 Does he split open logs to find them or in the leaf litter? He generally finds them in logs and in pieces of firewood, but he has found a few lone individuals by just putting plywood sheets on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Excellent. Got a lot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Excellent. Got a lot? That one female is the sole survivor out of a batch of roughly 20. They were shipped during warm weather so I think the warmth killed the microorganisms they need to digest wood. I received another set during the fall of 2-3 adults, 3-5 large nymphs and 8 or so medium nymphs; these are doing well and I hope I'll see newborns soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfox Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 That one female is the sole survivor out of a batch of roughly 20. They were shipped during warm weather so I think the warmth killed the microorganisms they need to digest wood. I received another set during the fall of 2-3 adults, 3-5 large nymphs and 8 or so medium nymphs; these are doing well and I hope I'll see newborns soon! This is certainly a genus that needs more research done on. If you're not already Kyle, take notes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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