FlamingSwampert Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Hi all, I was just wondering about the differences between the "UCR" and regular Death's Head Roach cultivars. I know that the "UCR" are larger, paler, and calmer, but are there any other differences? Thanks, and happy roaching everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinylarvitar97 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 I believe the "UCR" strains pronotum markings are less defined normally. So the jack o' lantern like face isn't super pronounced like the McMonigle strain or other craniifer. That's what I've seen at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowadat Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I had a short message experience with Orin McMonigle....I was surprised to see him state that he had never seen the UCR strain of Blaberus craniifer It left me wondering if he was politely suggesting there wasn't two different strains, or if he actually had never come across them in his travels/research. I keep two colonies, one purchased through a friend as UCR he got from Kyle at Roach Crossing, and another I got here on this forum from Marcus Q out of California....I get a headache seeing variations in pronotum pattern definitions and size of the roach leaving me wondering if there really are two strains.....I guess I have never actually come across any of those named after Orin M and would need to in order to see the differences side by side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamingSwampert Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 16 hours ago, whowadat said: I had a short message experience with Orin McMonigle....I was surprised to see him state that he had never seen the UCR strain of Blaberus craniifer It left me wondering if he was politely suggesting there wasn't two different strains, or if he actually had never come across them in his travels/research. I keep two colonies, one purchased through a friend as UCR he got from Kyle at Roach Crossing, and another I got here on this forum from Marcus Q out of California....I get a headache seeing variations in pronotum pattern definitions and size of the roach leaving me wondering if there really are two strains.....I guess I have never actually come across any of those named after Orin M and would need to in order to see the differences side by side. Hmmm... very interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 On 5/12/2021 at 2:56 AM, whowadat said: I had a short message experience with Orin McMonigle....I was surprised to see him state that he had never seen the UCR strain of Blaberus craniifer It left me wondering if he was politely suggesting there wasn't two different strains, or if he actually had never come across them in his travels/research. I keep two colonies, one purchased through a friend as UCR he got from Kyle at Roach Crossing, and another I got here on this forum from Marcus Q out of California....I get a headache seeing variations in pronotum pattern definitions and size of the roach leaving me wondering if there really are two strains.....I guess I have never actually come across any of those named after Orin M and would need to in order to see the differences side by side. No, I just never bothered trying to get the UCR strain. It's hard enough trying to keep every bug on earth without trying to keep every strain. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthroverts Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 On 5/15/2021 at 12:05 PM, Allpet Roaches said: No, I just never bothered trying to get the UCR strain. It's hard enough trying to keep every bug on earth without trying to keep every strain. This should be the comment of the year. Thanks, Arthroverts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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