Cariblatta lutea Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Found this specimen inside a house at Opelika, AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Beautiful. It has been a long time since I have tried to keep those. Best of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 Beautiful. It has been a long time since I have tried to keep those. Best of luck. Thank you I remember seeing your post stating that your oothecae didn't hatch. Was that the reason why you weren't able to breed them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 This species does not look as pretty from your photo compared to the bugguide photos Lol. They should be pretty, their former genus name was Aglaopteryx which I read means beautiful wing. But the Aglao part might also mean bright. So what type of areas do you find this species Alex? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Yeah guys I did have them and I found them in Florida sandy scrub habitat that was recently burned. I found them as nymphs and raised them to adulthood with no problems. The ooths were plentiful and I had left a few in the cage and separated some to incubate. None of them hatched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 What type of tree leaves on the ground did you find them in? What conditions did you keep the oothecae, humid or semi-dry? Could you get some and some other species of roaches? Or are you too busy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 It was a slash pine habitat with short palms on the ground. I kept them at 80 with mid humidity little to no condensation on the lid. Crazy busy and that sucks....I work ft and do school pt. I barley have time for what lives with me. I only get to travel once or twice a week and that is if I am not beat from work and don't have assignments due. I want to camp out on long pine key or fakahatchee slough or the thousand islands on the southwestern coast, but that means talking my wife into going with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanBuck Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Nah, who needs a wife when you got roaches Good luck on that! sounds like you are a busy guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 So the Euthlastoblatta gemma are only on the coast? Can you not find them in where you are Alex? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 So the Euthlastoblatta gemma are only on the coast? Can you not find them in where you are Alex? No, they can be found in certain parts of GA and AL that are far from coastal area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Yeah guys I did have them and I found them in Florida sandy scrub habitat that was recently burned. I found them as nymphs and raised them to adulthood with no problems. The ooths were plentiful and I had left a few in the cage and separated some to incubate. None of them hatched. Thanks for the info. Sounds like I'm getting myself into difficult task....LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkie14 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Its pronotum looks like a sad puppy's face lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 So the Euthlastoblatta gemma are only on the coast? Can you not find them in where you are Alex? I have never seen them on the coast I live on the coast. The sandy scrub habitat is in the center of the state, it used to be a beach many many many years ago when the rest of south Florida was underwater that is why the native biodiversity is so much higher there than the young oolitic limestone habitat that most of the South Floridians know. A new species of semi-aquatic bee was recently described in the sand ridges. That is a big insect to go un-described for so long. Good luck Cariblatta. In hindsight I would use corkbark and coco chunks for substrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Oh, sorry, I did not know. I thought scrub was near the coast and it kind of is in the middle of Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 A new species of semi-aquatic bee was recently described in the sand ridges. That is a big insect to go un-described for so long. A new milliped (probably 50 X the mass of that bee sp.) was described from FL just a few months back but it is a rather cryptic sp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 A new milliped (probably 50 X the mass of that bee sp.) was described from FL just a few months back but it is a rather cryptic sp. What species is that millipede? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 A new milliped (probably 50 X the mass of that bee sp.) was described from FL just a few months back but it is a rather cryptic sp. That's amazing. is it cool looking? I can go out and look for it....After I go out and catch some Broward banded milkweed assassin bugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted September 26, 2014 Author Share Posted September 26, 2014 Finally found a male for this girl! Can't wait for them to mate (and possibly breed for me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 Ignore the tiny roaches in the pic. They are Neoblattella cf. fraterna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Cool roaches! By the way, do you breed the Neoblattella cf. fraterna? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share Posted December 19, 2015 Second attempt at breeding this beautiful species. Found three specimens while I was in FL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Cool, good luck! I love this species's intricate markings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Any luck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 Any luck? Both nymphs molted to (presumably) subadults, and the adult female has gotten fatter. Specimens will be sent to a friend of mine when the weather warms up so hopefully he'll be able to breed them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 The female in the picture passed away without dropping any oothe for me, and the nymphs that I've been saving for my friend turned out to be a gray color form of Latiblattella rehni! Unfortunately, both turned out to be males so I was giving up on breeding them.....until I found an adult female plus 3 nymphs while I was in northern FL for family vacation! I'm really hoping to be able to breed these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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