Matt K Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 This one measured 84mm long though it looks bigger (a hair over 3 inches).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I think that is bigger than a B. Giganteus! Mabye it will be next in the insect hobby.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I'd be willing to bet it's Archimandrita tesselata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 I'd be willing to bet it's Archimandrita tesselata. What is the difference between A. tesselata and A.marmorata ?? Just for the folks at home... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Other than male genitalia, the dark spot in the middle of the pronotum of A. marmorata has a dark band that extends from the front edge of each side, parallell to the front edge of the pronotum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crittergu Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Does anyone have any shots comparing tesselata to B. giganteus? do captive tesselata reach this size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 Does anyone have any shots comparing tesselata to B. giganteus? do captive tesselata reach this size? I can post one later today.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugnut Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 This one measured 84mm long though it looks bigger (a hair over 3 inches).... how are the figs doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 Does anyone have any shots comparing tesselata to B. giganteus? do captive tesselata reach this size? My A.teselata reach 3 inches to 3 and a quarter, with this one being 3 1/8 inches. The B.giganteus (this one not my best looking but was available) are 3 and a quarter to 3 and 3/4 inches long. Here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 No way I could have sworn that was way bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crittergu Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Beautiful comparison. So you found the peppered in Costa Rica? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted October 6, 2007 Author Share Posted October 6, 2007 Beautiful comparison. So you found the peppered in Costa Rica? Yes. I have had them for a while in culture at home, as do several of us on this forum. But when I saw them in CR at night it was still quite a sight! Adults travelled in pairs. Occasionally I would find a lone male, and wondered if sometimes males were loners or if I just flat did not see the female about. When they are still they blend in very well and are only easily seen when they are climbing about. They were found on larger trees at lower altitudes, usually if that tree had a hole, crevice, or was hollow. Interesting fact: In hollow trees I found Peppered roaches and/or nymphs. There was usually a bat or two. The only debris from the bats though were bug bits *other than* Peppered roaches. As if the roaches are either too large, too tough, or taste/smell bad. Bats were found to eat Pycnoscelus surinamensis, though, and some bits that may have been from Periplanetta australasiae (both P.surinamensis and P. australasiae were found to exist in certain wild areas where it was less wet)(for that matter, so were well fed tailess whip scorpions!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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