Matt K Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 ***Just a thought. There ought to be some way to centralize a list of what species are actually in U.S. domestic cultures, and which ones may be available. Not that everyone needs to chime in with thier own inventory list, but if there was some way to add species to a community list, even anonymously, so that we can all see what is actualy "out there" in present day. This way we know what is in domestic culture, and if you wanted to obtain a species you could post in a way where individuals supply listed dealers, and then anyone can buy whatever from the dealer. I dunno. Just me thinking out loud. Pros and Cons to this I am sure..... P.s.- By the way, you could post on here how many species/varieties you have if we all wanted to get an idea of who does what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clausen Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Hi Matt, I like the idea of this and can think of a bunch of different ways to set it up immediately. However, I'm not sure anybody would really want this information available to the public for several reasons. I tend to believe that the people that want their stocklists to be known would post it in the Ad Listings section, either for sale or exchange. However, if lots of people with "inventories" think this would be a useful tool for the community and one they would want to participate in, we'd be happy to facilitate the list. Just start a petition, right here! I do agree that an anonymous list would be quite interesting and I would be happy to compile and disperse such a list on behalf of hobbyists. For each species, we could list how many active cultures are known in captivity (US and World?). We would have to set some guidelines for how many individual roaches a viable culture consists of, etc. Such a discussion would be interesting unto itself! Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted September 7, 2007 Author Share Posted September 7, 2007 Ok, I agree with what you have here. But I think what I was getting at is something like the BCG list only for the U.S. and not including or comparitive to Europe (BCG) as we all know importation is highly restricted... So say for example, users could go to this BCG America list and anonymously add a species they keep, and rate the culture as Tenative (no reproduction yet) Pending (have had thier first nymphs) or Established (2nd generation nymphs or more) or Lost (culture died off). This way any hobbiest can *know* what is out there, and can post a WTB (want to buy) ad to see if someones selling, OR next to the species roach dealers can add thier contact to the list as a known dealer for that species. But I don't know....maybe this is all impracticle and the discussion dies on the table here..... I am handicapped because I don't know enough about how this would get set up or organized to make work without it being a big fiasco. But it does seem like an interesting concept.... Hi Matt, I like the idea of this and can think of a bunch of different ways to set it up immediately. However, I'm not sure anybody would really want this information available to the public for several reasons. I tend to believe that the people that want their stocklists to be known would post it in the Ad Listings section, either for sale or exchange. However, if lots of people with "inventories" think this would be a useful tool for the community and one they would want to participate in, we'd be happy to facilitate the list. Just start a petition, right here! I do agree that an anonymous list would be quite interesting and I would be happy to compile and disperse such a list on behalf of hobbyists. For each species, we could list how many active cultures are known in captivity (US and World?). We would have to set some guidelines for how many individual roaches a viable culture consists of, etc. Such a discussion would be interesting unto itself! Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Driggers Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 I think it would be interesting to see what's out there. If enough people will actually use it, I think it's definately a good idea. But if too few people use it, the work to get it up and running will have been done for nothing. Tough call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clausen Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 I think it would be interesting to see what's out there. If enough people will actually use it, I think it's definately a good idea. But if too few people use it, the work to get it up and running will have been done for nothing. Tough call. It wouldn't be much work at all. The question is whether or not more than 3 people in the roach community want this. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsc Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Great idea Matt...I look at the BCG list all the time. I would participate... let me know if you need an updated list from me. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquanut Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 i'm interested, and i would guess many would be as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucihormetica Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Please remember, I have creat the BCG list and the stock all over the world arelistet as we known. Also the US stock, japaneseand so one. It would be interesting if anybody help us to make an update, if we can get your your species list. it will be easy for us to give a short note, which once are in the states. it is one click in the database. best regards ingo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn H Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Sounds like an interesting idea but I wouldn't be able to contribute much to the list I only have about a dozen hissers at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share Posted September 9, 2007 Please remember, I have creat the BCG list and the stock all over the world arelistet as we known. Also the US stock, japaneseand so one. It would be interesting if anybody help us to make an update, if we can get your your species list. it will be easy for us to give a short note, which once are in the states. it is one click in the database. best regards ingo Well this sounds to be as thorough as it gets....a global list. Although I do think due to importantion restrictions it would be VERY helpful to know which ones are already in one's country and which ones are not. thanks ingo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfox Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Sorry to dig up such am old topic but I think it could use a fresh perspective. I know some of us have over 50 species in culture and I recall at least one member being closer to 100. That being said, where can we find an active US culture listing? I'm not saying "tell me whatcha got" I'm saying "tell me what is currently known to be available in US breeding stock for PUBLIC consumption(purchase)" I'm aware certain facilities have exotics we cannot yet obtain, I'm not interested in them being listed, only what is available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hisserman Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Sorry to dig up such am old topic but I think it could use a fresh perspective. I know some of us have over 50 species in culture and I recall at least one member being closer to 100. That being said, where can we find an active US culture listing? I'm not saying "tell me whatcha got" I'm saying "tell me what is currently known to be available in US breeding stock for PUBLIC consumption(purchase)" I'm aware certain facilities have exotics we cannot yet obtain, I'm not interested in them being listed, only what is available. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfox Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Okay so I will put down a preliminary list, please add to this as seen fit. (Kyle I stole most of this from your for sale listing, lol.) Eurycotis decipiens Therea petiveriana Therea olegrandjeani Hemiblabera tenebricosa Elliptorhina chopardi Elliptorhina javanica Oxyhaloa duesta Polyphaga aegyptiaca Eublaberus sp. "Ivory/White" Eublaberus posticus Eublaberus distanti Eurycotis floridana Pycnoscelus surinamensis Pycnoscelus femapterus Pycnoscelus striatus Pycnoscelus nigra Gromphadorhina grandidieri "Tiger" Gromphadorhina grandidieri "Black" Gromphadorhina portentosa Panchlora nivea Panchlora sp. "Giant" Aeluropoda insignis Periplaneta australasiae Periplaneta americana Periplaneta americana "white eyes" Periplaneta fuliginosa Blattella germanica Rhyparobia sp. "Malaysia" Blaberus giganteus Blaberus boliviensis Blaberus discoidalis Blaberus fusca Blaberus collossus Blaberus craniifer Blaberus (hybrids of discoidisXboliviensis and craniiferXfusca among others) Archimandrita tesselata Nauphoeta cinerea Gyna lurida Gyna lurida "yellow" "African Bullet Roach" (Genus/Species name?) Henschoutedenia flexivitta Byrsotria rothi Byrsotria sp. "Cuba" Schultesia lampyridiformis Ergaula capucina Rhyparobia madeira Phoetalia pallida Ophistoplatia orientalis Deropeltis paulinoi Parcoblatta pennsylvanica Parcoblatta virginica Supella longipalpa Blatta (Shelfordella)lateralis Blatta orientalis I'm sure there are more I just can't think of them atm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Just a few more to add off the top of my head... Byrsotria sp. "Striped" Eurycotis opaca "2" Blaberus brasilianus Blaberus "peruvianus" Blaberus "craniifer European" Blaberus anisitsi Blaberus parabolicus (Hopefully, we'll know soon enough) Gromphadorhina oblongonata Paratemnopteryx couloniana "Princisia vanwaerebeki" "Princisia vanwaerebeki 'Big black'" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hisserman Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesavageprojects Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 thought i would mention Virgina techs vast number of German cockroach mutant strains. though it doesn't seem possible to acquire them anymore even though they are in culture. http://www.gcr.ento.vt.edu/pages/Cockroach.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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