Cariblatta Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Turned out this species was P. fulvescens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanBuck Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 It looks a lot like the blatta lateralis to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 It looks a lot like the blatta lateralis to me. There are some similarities but they are very distinctive from each other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windward Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 I guess you won't need any then? That's exactly how mine look, nice blackish abdomens on the girls. You might keep an eye on them and see if you notice any mild aggression from adult females. There are papers noting it on this species and I have witnessed mature females chasing other females, males, and late instars of both sexes while appearing to try to nip at the other roach's legs. I've never seen the pursuing female catch another roach to see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanBuck Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Why can't I upload pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 I guess you won't need any then? That's exactly how mine look, nice blackish abdomens on the girls. You might keep an eye on them and see if you notice any mild aggression from adult females. There are papers noting it on this species and I have witnessed mature females chasing other females, males, and late instars of both sexes while appearing to try to nip at the other roach's legs. I've never seen the pursuing female catch another roach to see what happens. I definitely need them for comparisons because the ones you have looked somewhat different from mine. I'm not sure if it has to do with variation but I would like to compare yours with mine to see the difference Mine are surprisingly calm toward each other. I have seen some aggressions during feeding time but other than that, they have been nice to each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windward Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Interesting. I don't see any aggression out of nymphs or even males.I'm not absolutely 100% certain mine are P. fulvescens, but that's what the males match up with and it is widely distributed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Interesting. I don't see any aggression out of nymphs or even males.I'm not absolutely 100% certain mine are P. fulvescens, but that's what the males match up with and it is widely distributed. Now that I think about it, I only have a single adult female for now and rest of them are subadult nymphs (with the exception of one adult male that emerged few days ago) so that might be why I don't see any aggressions yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted November 21, 2013 Author Share Posted November 21, 2013 More pics of this species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 More adults have emerged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 My adults are finally dropping some oothecae Will take some pics when I get my light source back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 Mating fulvescens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Wow. Cariblatta: So all the ones that looked like that in your pictures were P. fulvescens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Wait a minute... the adult male in that picture only has two dots. Mine have four dots. http://bugguide.net/node/view/783394 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Wait a minute... the adult male in that picture only has two dots. Mine have four dots. http://bugguide.net/node/view/783394 P. fulvescens are suppose to have only two dots. I am speculating that yours is P. caudelli but I would leave it as unidentified species for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Ok, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Oh, I did not know. You do have Parcoblatta with the four dots that look like P. fulvescens. http://bugguide.net/node/view/792623 Do the P. fulvescens always have big wings that almost touch each other? And the unknown species wings farther apart and smaller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 Oh, I did not know. You do have Parcoblatta with the four dots that look like P. fulvescens. http://bugguide.net/node/view/792623 Do the P. fulvescens always have big wings that almost touch each other? And the unknown species wings farther apart and smaller? That's the usual case though it won't apply to the ones with deformed wings or some wing related abnormality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Wow, ok. I might have had females of each type of wings and the smaller winged one's wings would vary in size. But I am not sure, the pictures of both of yours look similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 Wow, ok. I might have had females of each type of wings and the smaller winged one's wings would vary in size. But I am not sure, the pictures of both of yours look similar. Oh...I thought you were talking about the males. Females don't seem to show too much differences saved for the fact that the possible caudelli ones tend to be much smaller than fulvescens and usually lack red markings on their abdomens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 So are the P. fulvescens females larger than P. uhleriana females? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 So are the P. fulvescens females larger than P. uhleriana females? fulvescens is slightly smaller than uhleriana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Interesting. The roaches do vary in size very much but it seemed like my unknown Parcoblatta were about the same size as the P. uhleriana. Is it a small difference in size? I might have not remembered very well though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta Posted December 23, 2013 Author Share Posted December 23, 2013 Interesting. The roaches do vary in size very much but it seemed like my unknown Parcoblatta were about the same size as the P. uhleriana. Is it a small difference in size? I might have not remembered very well though. No, they are pretty close in size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.