Bamboo Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 are these still coming in wild ? what part of Madagascar are these found? are these semi arboreal or terrestrial / burrowers ? it seems these to prefer to be over crowded in the containers... so are these found in groups of 100s ? just random thoughts . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebeard Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 https://www.sites.google.com/site/cockroachcare/gromphadorhina-portentosa-care Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 This topic sparks my question, why do we never see videos of wild specimens of species we keep in captivity? If there is so much known about them they should be easy to document in the wild! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippiehisser Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Bamboo and Keith: I've been thinking exactly same! Didn't find info on the actual real original location in Madagascar from the link. Maybe it's a trade secret? The best info so far is that they're from "the Western part of the island, from dry8ish) dedicuous forests" . But still, it would be fun to know at least some exact locations where these critters live. Most of all it would be interesting to know if they live in any of the existing national park areas or are their territories possibly under threat (as most wildlife in Madagascar is). Also, it would be interesting to know whether anyone brings hissers from the wild to widen the genepool or does it even matter with insects? Who was the first to keep hissers in captivity and when? And yes, it would certainly interesting to see videos from wild populations! Where they live, what exactly do they eat (rotting wood maybe, but what tree species?), how many are there in a typical community, what animals eat hissers and so forth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 YouTube has videos on some of the rarest and strangest things, so I search for wild hissing cockroach and every video is of domestic ones. Their wild status is least concern, so its not even because they are a protected species. Perhaps the area they live is protected though to prevent filming or hard location to reach for people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamboo Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 im keeping around 12 species of roaches .... including three species of hissers , im surprise how much rotting wood and dead leaves actually make up a part of their diet , im been observing them every couple of nights , they seem to eat the rotting wood and dried leaves as much as any carrots , leafy greens,etc. Your post is very interesting and def. something to think about, hippiehisser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfox Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I've seen a few clips with wild cockroaches being filmed but they are normally short. Look up videos of bat caves and clips from the show Insectia. You can also find some cool videos of day active Australian roaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLE18 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 this has some interesting points. (: http://eol.org/pages/1074947/details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 this has some interesting points. (: http://eol.org/pages/1074947/details That was very informative! I never knew hissing cockroaches will eat carrion (dead animals), I guess giving them meat with their fruits and veggies is correct afterall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZOO CENTRE Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1174413 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Gosh the horns are huge! We must not be feeding them right. http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/ShowImage.aspx?TaxonNameID=1174413&ImageID=178228 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Gosh the horns are huge! We must not be feeding them right. http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/ShowImage.aspx?TaxonNameID=1174413&ImageID=178228 I wonder if they naturally wear down from fights or digging through debris? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I wonder if they naturally wear down from fights or digging through debris? Probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipi Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I know only one wild hisser video. Just click on the southern part of Madagascar. What an expedition! http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature- online/science-of-natural-history/ science-at-the-museum/our-global- reach/map.html Regards, Shipi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I know only one wild hisser video. Just click on the southern part of Madagascar. What an expedition! http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature- online/science-of-natural-history/ science-at-the-museum/our-global- reach/map.html Regards, Shipi Link won't work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipi Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/science-of-natural-history/science-at-the-museum/our-global-reach/map.html I hope it's working now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 What is that new cockroach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipi Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I think the name is somewhere in the page. I don't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papptomi124 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Hi, Those are Leozehntnera maxima cocroaches. More about them: http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1174418 and: http://blattodea.net/showthread.php?t=449 I hope they will be in captivity in the future! Bye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamboo Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 Great to see new species .... But I guess I'm abit dumb and I can not find the " hisser " video on the link shipi sent ... Can someone show me the way ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Thank you Papptomi124. Bamboo go to the link http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/science-of-natural-history/science-at-the-museum/our-global-reach/map.html Then look at the map and click on the dot on the south part of Madagascar. Then you see cockroaches of madagascar. On the right side of that thing or page there is watch video. click on slow connection or fast connection. the slow connection is for slow computers and so is worse quality than the one for good computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamboo Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 Awesome video , even that little bit helps. Interesting to see them in a big piece of rotting wood and the landscape looks somewhat dry and scrubland. Not very tropical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 I think it is tropical. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirotorin Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 So they normally form colonies inside old logs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippiehisser Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Thanks for all the information! Unfortunately my hissers still haven't understood that they're supposed to eat leaves and wood. Maybe they get in the mood when the autumn comes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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