Redmont Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 I will be getting 5 new roach species in to the US hobby in a month or less from the UK. They will all be adults, so establishing a culture hopefully will take less time but it will be some time before they are distributed in the hobby. I will also be getting 3 species of exotic roaches that are not to common in the hobby, one of which is the rhino roach which I already have for sale. i will let you guys drool over these 5 new species and 3 other rare species I will be getting I will update this thread tomorrow with scientific names and a description of each roach, i will post pics when I get these species in the US. please feel free to make assumptions of what species i may be importing, if you guess correctly I will give you a free starter culture of that species in particular (the genus and name must be correct, spelling doesn't matter this does not apply to the 3 species that are already in the hobby just the 5 new species.) I will just say that one of the species is absolutely stunning, once I get them I will be the second person in the world to have them! post away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Ooh....could one of them be Polyzosteria mitchelli? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmont Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Good guess but sadly no 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Hmmm....in that case I'll make one last guess that will contain multiple species Macropanesthia spuritegmina Macropanesthia kraussiana Geoscapheus woodwardi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmont Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Sorry none of those species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmont Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 I beleave most of these species are from Aisia, and we will get a whole new genus in the hobby, with 2 new species in the genus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All About Arthropods Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Perisphaerus. Rhicnoda, or Catara species? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmont Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 None of those genus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All About Arthropods Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Dang! I'll think up a last guess and propose it later.......losing my copy of "For the Love of Cockroaches" really makes this tuff! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmont Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 That stinks to luse such a expensive book, hopefully you find it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All About Arthropods Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 It's in a box somewhere around here, hopefully it turns up sooner than later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dactylus Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Hemithyrsocera histrio for one of the species already in the hobby. Just say yes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmont Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Sorry I'm not getting them @dactylus they are on my list, I may trade some from cape cod roaches. I know a few people have them in the US, they mostly want to keep them to themselves, and they don't want to let them fall in the wrong hands (like my hands lol) because they breed fast and if I get any I will sell as many as I can and bring there prices down to where they are not rare anymore, which some people don't want to see, but I can message my supplier to see if he can acquire some in Europe or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Are the five new species in the US hobby in the UK hobby yet? If so, are they any of these? Corydidarum magnifica (I know they are in the US hobby, but hell I want them to become more publicly available soon!) Homalosilpha kryzhanovskii Paranauphoeta formosansa Eurycotis cf. pluto Morphna dotata Melanozosteria nitidia Also, just gotta throw this name into the mix JIC, Archiblatta hoeveni? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 2 minutes ago, Redmont said: Sorry I'm not getting them @dactylus they are on my list, I may trade some from cape cod roaches. I know a few people have them in the US, they mostly want to keep them to themselves, and they don't want to let them fall in the wrong hands (like my hands lol) because they breed fast and if I get any I will sell as many as I can and bring there prices down to where they are not rare anymore, which some people don't want to see, but I can message my supplier to see if he can acquire some in Europe or something. Actually they can be quite difficult to breed, I know of several US keepers who had their cultures fizzle out, so there is more than one reason they are still rare here in the hobby. But I do agree, some people like to hoard the rarer species to increase the market value. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All About Arthropods Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 If @Hisserdude didn't guess at least one species correctly, my mind is blown. lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmont Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 8 minutes ago, Hisserdude said: Actually they can be quite difficult to breed, I know of several US keepers who had their cultures fizzle out, so there is more than one reason they are still rare here in the hobby. But I do agree, some people like to hoard the rarer species to increase the market value. That's nice to know, I was under the impression they were easy to breed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 3 minutes ago, Redmont said: That's nice to know, I was under the impression they were easy to breed. Apparently they breed best if you get a large amount of them at once, and like many other Ectobiids, small lapses in care can lead to big consequences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 What about Schizopilia fissicollis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmont Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Sorry not on the import list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specimen24-6 Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 corydidarum magnifica? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmont Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Close but it's not the exact species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Just now, Redmont said: Close but it's not the exact species Corydidarum tarsalis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Some more guesses: Rhabdoblatta yayeyamana Corydidarum sp. "Myanmar" Corydidarum nigra Corydidarum sp. "Yunnun, China" (Like a smaller C.magnifica) Paranauphoeta basalis Ancaudellia hamifera Melyroidea magnifica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmont Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Corydidarum sp. "Yunnun is one of the new species I'm importing, I will get you a starter culture of them once my colony establishes, you would be the 3rd person in the world to have them after me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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