dcheath Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Found about a half a dozen of these last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesavageprojects Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Very neat. Any ideas on sp.? Are they climbers? Where did you find them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcheath Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 The nymphs/adult females, don't seem to climb, but the male I collected did and very fast (accidently squished him while putting the lid on). Zephyr says they are most likely a Myrmecoblatta sp. Maybe he will be able to find out for sure as soon as I can find a few more to send him. I collected them on the underside of two different rotting logs thanks to my 6 year old who spotted the one pictured, and a nymph about half the size of this one a few days later. Hopefully the ootheca will produce a few more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 There beautiful!! Congrats on a hard find! Now please use, find, borrow, buy a good camera or take a few to a biological station and lets see detailed pictures!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcheath Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 Zephyr has determined that they are a species of Myremecoblatta. Here is an adult male and a large nymph or adult female. I can not get a good look at the underside to determine. They are too small and too quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Any update on these guys? They look so cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Did the oothaca ever hatch? Did you ever send Kyle any? Very neat roaches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcheath Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 The Ootheca hatched and they were tiny. I did not have luck with them. I should have sent them to Kyle. I am going to try to go back this year and find some more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Aww, that sucks. Good luck finding some this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonsaladsandwich Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Myrmecoblatta... Do they have anything to do with ants? Are they nest dwelling guests like Myrmecophila crickets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I assume so, I can't really find anything about these, but considering the small size and the name I belive these are associated with ants in one way or another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcheath Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 Yes, I found them living with ants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonsaladsandwich Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 So ants also endure household cockroach infestations. Yet another parallel between humans and ants. Of course, ants could argue that we don't have monsters that infiltrate hospitals posing as infants who devour the other infants without our notice. Once ant scientists study human colonies further and discover that we do, in fact, have creatures so similar to their own larva eating beetle grubs within our own seemingly alien yet surprisingly similar society, they will have yet another opportunity to myrmecopomorphize us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 The Ootheca hatched and they were tiny. I did not have luck with them. I should have sent them to Kyle. I am going to try to go back this year and find some more. I've been wandering...what did you use as food for these guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrophilus Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Any update dcheath? Have you been able to find more? What did you feed them when you kept them, and what was the setup like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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