Lea Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Quite excited to find a roach forum.:) Forums in general seem to be dying out :(, but there obviously still is good stuff to be found I've been keeping invertebrates of various kinds for over two decades now. My main interest are arachnids, but all arthropods are cool. My first roach was some South American species that I planned to feed to my tarantula, but it turned out to be so very cute, I simply couldn't! After that I've kept on and off a handful of different species. ATM I have only A. tessellata. I'm growing them as pets and also, if they start breeding well, to be dissected on the university animal morphology course. (Some may also end up to be fed to the spiders, but these are not exactly fast breeders, so I'll use them only if there is serious shortage of other feeder animals.) I find roaches fascinating. They are much more complex behaviourally than average people realize. I'd be superinterested to know if subsocial species of cockroaches, like Cryptocercus spp. are kept in captivity. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Welcome to the forum, hope you enjoy it here! Regarding Cryptocercus, no one seems to have had much luck breeding them long term, and I don't know if anyone's gotten CB individuals to breed in captivity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Hisserdude said: Welcome to the forum, hope you enjoy it here! Regarding Cryptocercus, no one seems to have had much luck breeding them long term, and I don't know if anyone's gotten CB individuals to breed in captivity. Sorry my question, but what is CB? There are some Cryptocercus for sale on Taobao (the Chinese Ebay) https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3-c.w4002-10578252807.44.451f3f9fuUWLcN&id=604827293093 But I don't know if it is what you are referring to. 6 hours ago, Lea said: Quite excited to find a roach forum.:) Forums in general seem to be dying out :(, but there obviously still is good stuff to be found I've been keeping invertebrates of various kinds for over two decades now. My main interest are arachnids, but all arthropods are cool. My first roach was some South American species that I planned to feed to my tarantula, but it turned out to be so very cute, I simply couldn't! After that I've kept on and off a handful of different species. ATM I have only A. tessellata. I'm growing them as pets and also, if they start breeding well, to be dissected on the university animal morphology course. (Some may also end up to be fed to the spiders, but these are not exactly fast breeders, so I'll use them only if there is serious shortage of other feeder animals.) I find roaches fascinating. They are much more complex behaviourally than average people realize. I'd be superinterested to know if subsocial species of cockroaches, like Cryptocercus spp. are kept in captivity. Welcome! I am also new here and have been enjoying it a lot! Its Real Roach Love! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 21 hours ago, Martin said: Sorry my question, but what is CB? CB = Captive Bred. WC = Wild Caught. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All About Arthropods Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 On 12/3/2020 at 12:52 PM, Lea said: Quite excited to find a roach forum.:) Forums in general seem to be dying out :(, but there obviously still is good stuff to be found I've been keeping invertebrates of various kinds for over two decades now. My main interest are arachnids, but all arthropods are cool. My first roach was some South American species that I planned to feed to my tarantula, but it turned out to be so very cute, I simply couldn't! After that I've kept on and off a handful of different species. ATM I have only A. tessellata. I'm growing them as pets and also, if they start breeding well, to be dissected on the university animal morphology course. (Some may also end up to be fed to the spiders, but these are not exactly fast breeders, so I'll use them only if there is serious shortage of other feeder animals.) I find roaches fascinating. They are much more complex behaviourally than average people realize. I'd be superinterested to know if subsocial species of cockroaches, like Cryptocercus spp. are kept in captivity. Welcome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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