Landasaw Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 What are some sources to get starter colonies of less commonly kept species? Currently I only know of one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinylarvitar97 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Depends what species you may be looking for in particular. If you're looking for websites, Roach Crossing has a fair selection. Also Bugs in Cyberspace offers some species of roaches at times. There are also plenty of keepers here on the forum that keep a variety of things, including myself and a friend of mine Ty Randall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varnon Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 I'll second Roach Crossing and Bugs in Cyberspace (though I'm not sure I've ordered from them) and I'll also add Cape Cod Roaches. And also the buy/sell/trade listings here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that_bug_girl Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 For me, because of where I live (New Hampshire), it can be difficult for me to find online stores that are close enough to me so the shipping won`t be through the roof. So I get that struggle. Cape Cod Roaches is really the only one close to me. Bugs in Cyberspace seems really good, but they are literally across the country from me. As for Roach Crossing, nowhere on their site does it say where they ship from. If anyone could help me with this it would be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenB Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 I don't know if it's a combination of political and pathological circumstances, but since I was bitten by the cockroach bug again, I've been a little disappointed by the variety of roaches circulating the UK. Some new species, but you have to sift through a lot of sites, and a lot of feeder dubias, + lateralis and hissers, to find anything different. I could only find one guy on that there auction site selling E. posticus, and I managed to find one private seller with A. tesselata. I was beginning to think the latter had disappeared for good. Now if I can just get my accommodation items together before he runs out of them. Work faster, delivery services...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 It's like anything else, things get popular for a little while and then everybody gets some and then nobody wants them and then they peter out and then they get popular again when nobody has them. The cycle is problematic for less easy to maintain species but is okay to keep most in perpetuity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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