Cariblatta Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Parcoblatta sp. #1 mom : nymphs : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Another update Parcoblatta bolliana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Parcoblatta lata Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Parcoblatta uhleriana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Parcoblatta sp. #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Parcoblatta sp. #2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 The female died... The other day her right antenna broke and today I found her dead. I think she was Shelfordella lateralis. Shelfordella lateralis picture from bugguide. http://bugguide.net/.../758518/bgimage Pictures of her I took just now. I cannot understand how I could just put a Red Runner in the container and forget about it. Maybe I did catch her outside? I have not caught anything like this close to our house where I keep Shelfordella lateralis. How did I not notice the Dorcus brevis in this pic? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 Yeah, I had two female Dorcus brevis. That one did not lay an egg and just died unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Yeah, I had two female Dorcus brevis. That one did not lay an egg and just died unfortunately. Sorry to hear that Seems that these guys are really hard to breed unless you provide Quercus alba with white fungi on them. Also, a friend of mine and I had some mysterious die-offs of L3 brevis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 Yeah, the other female I had laid eggs in a few oak branches that grew the white fungus. I do not know if they are living. I dug through one hole the female made in the wood and I found a L1 larva and unintentionally killed it. I am getting more logs so I can breed stag beetles or rhino beetles next year if I catch more. Are you breeding the Dorcus brevis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Yeah, the other female I had laid eggs in a few oak branches that grew the white fungus. I do not know if they are living. I dug through one hole the female made in the wood and I found a L1 larva and unintentionally killed. I am getting more logs so I can breed stag beetles or rhino beetles next year if I catch more. Are you breeding the Dorcus brevis? Hope you have lots of larvae doing well in the log and yes, I'm currently working on breeding D. brevis right now. I had some bad results this year so I only have a single L3 larva but I'll be getting more adults soon so hopefully, I'll succeed in breeding them this year. I even got some shitake logs for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 One of my subadult male uhleriana is almost close to molt now. Hopefully, I'll be able to get a good pic of median segment from this guy and post some pics on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfox Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 I finally caught up on this threat. Loads of great photos, thanks for sharing them and the information everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=605388942856558&l=4045395658426398174 bolliana nymphs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 P. lata nymphs. Thinking of giving some of them away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfox Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I'd take you up on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I'd take you up on that. PM me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 First uhleriana male emerged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share Posted November 8, 2013 Substrate looks way to dry when you touch it your fingers should be moist, the leaves and bark should be moist too. They like fruit like apple and banana and they like romaine lettuce and cat or dog food. But main diet is dead leaves and bark other stuff is like treats to them. They do fine without the dead leaves or wood but I have only kept them for a short time. I think they eat the fungus growing on the leaves and wood. Pycnoscelus though might actually eat the wood with fungus. Some Parcoblatta species might be able to live in a dry habitat. The Parcoblatta uhleriana die when it is dry and they like it moist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share Posted November 8, 2013 The first adult Parcoblatta molted today and looks like a male P. virginica. It was in a small container so it's wings did not form properly but not too bad. I looked in a patch of leaves today and found two P. uhleriana oothecae and one P. bolliana nymph and one nymph that might be P. virginica. They were all in not so thick leaves with not much white fungus at all so there were not many roaches. Pictures. What I think are P. uhleriana oothecae. P. bolliana. Possibly L2. Maybe P. virginica. I also found this big spider in the leaves, probably hibernating or maybe to be more specific "diapause". Looks similar to: http://bugguide.net/node/view/235644 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 They do fine without the dead leaves or wood but I have only kept them for a short time. I think they eat the fungus growing on the leaves and wood. Pycnoscelus though might actually eat the wood with fungus. Some Parcoblatta species might be able to live in a dry habitat. The Parcoblatta uhleriana die when it is dry and they like it moist. I totally agree. Leaves and woods aren't the requirements for breeding this species as they do fine with fish flakes and fruits. Some species in this genus seem to prefer dry habitat. My first P. lata culture I had, for example, got wiped out when I kept them too damp. The ones I kept in dry habitat did fine though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 More pics of the uhleriana male from previous pics. Specimen has changed in color from bright orange to brown+orange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 My first generation of P. uhleriana are still growing. I have not kept them with a heater until a few weeks ago. Also my other Parcoblatta species are taking a long time to grow. The Parcoblatta I have might not be getting the proper nutrition they need (I don't know). P. uhleriana pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 My Parcos are slow too! Only P. divisa, P. fulvescens, and P. lata I have are throwing off adults now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 I think these are all the four dotted or the ones with two pairs of modified structures. But some of these I caught recently in pine needles so I am not certain what kind they are. Male Other nymphs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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