happy1892 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Can Hemiblabera tenebricosa live in muddy soil? Do they not do very well in a place with shallow pools of water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 As far as I know no current roach species available in captivity does well living in muddy soil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Just wondering, why do you ask? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 Just wondering, why do you ask? I have a aquarium and I made it have wet dirt and I put some S. lateralis. I liked the Horshoe Crab Roach in the pictures. The name made me think about putting them in that aquarium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 Lobster Roaches do not do well in a place like my aquarium because they go into the water as if it was not there and they drown quickly (or it is something that makes them freeze when they get into water) and they cannot swim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Rhabdoblatta sp. are semi or entirely aquatic but those are not found in the US hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted May 2, 2013 Author Share Posted May 2, 2013 I have heard of about a aquatic roach in Costa Rica. I do not know the species. Do Rhabdoblatta live in Costa Rica? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Just because they are semi aquatic dose not mean they live in perpectual wetness. Epilampra is the genus your thinking of but they are not designed to live in water or perpectual wetness. They are not diving beetles or water bugs. Toad bugs would be great in a riparian set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 I think I could put roaches like that in my aquarium. It is not all water just a little water over the top of the soil. Do the Epilampra live in streams? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 They do not live inside streams but along the edge...ask Mattk He has seen this spp first hand. And there is the roach bible that has a great refrence on almost everything blattodea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 Yeah, the picture I saw of that roach in costa rica was on the edge beside a damselfly larva. They did not say what genus it was though. Do the Hemiblabera tenebricosa drown easily? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtBug Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 An interesting video of Rhabdoblatta yayeyamana fighting over food! She has also posted some videos of them active in water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Thanks for the videos! The roaches look like they are trying to get out..lol Happy1982 I don't know if they drown easily but I imagine they would drown like any other roach that is not designed to live in and around water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtBug Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Yes - some of her videos look like at least one of the roaches is stuck face-down in the water! I read as much as I could and it looks like these roaches live in a swampy area in Japan. Somewhat better equipped than the American that I found in my dog's water bowl last summer. I took him outside and let him go. I'd have kept him if I only knew that a few months later I'd be a "Roach Hobbyist!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted May 6, 2013 Author Share Posted May 6, 2013 Do the Hemiblabera tenebricosa stay away from water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I imagine they would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 Some roaches do not avoid the water like the Lobster Roaches and Rhyparobia sp. "Malaysia", they just go right into the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 which ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Which what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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