Ok sence when I dropped off a gecko with seth (viciouse_fish) he requested this here of some of the roach species I currently keep. And for those who are wondering I got into these guys around 2 years ago when I got my first feeder roach b. Dubia
First up are my Elliptorhina javanica (Halloween Hisser) thay are a dwarf hisser
Aeluropoda insignis (Flat Horn Hisser)
Gromphadorhina portentosa (Madagascar Hisser)
Gromphadorhina grandidieri (Tiger Hisser) this was actually the first hisser species I ever got
And now for some non-hissers.
Henschoutedenia Flexivitta (Giant Lobster Roach) though thay look a lot like lobster roach thay actually aren’t related
Diploptera Punctata (Pacific Beetle Mimic) these guys are really cool thay look exactly like a beetle also unlike most other roaches these guys don’t produce egg sacks instead the young are directly nourished by the mother (viviparity). Thay are also amazingly hard to photograph.
Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Egyptian Sand Roach) another really cool roach and breed really easilly
Therea petiveriana (Domino Roach) these guys might be one of the best looking roach I have right now. Nymphs take forever to mature (up to 2 years) so my colony is just getting started. The adults though are stunning and there “wing” (thay cant fly) have a vary velvety feel to them. Also thay can technically climb but are a borrowing species so you rarely see this.
Cryptocercus wright this is a species I just got actually, these guys are actually the closest living relatives to termites and thus have the same bacteria in there gut that allows them to eat rotting wood.
Now for some of the feeder species I’m raising up though I have to admit most of these guys colonies aren’t big enough to start feeding off of yet
Byrsotria sp. "Cuba" (Brown Burrowing Roach)
Female
Male
Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Surinam Roach) these guys are fun because thay are Parthenogenic so thay make a great feeder. Thay do climb, though but are pretty bad at it and would much rather stay buried under something
Pycnoscelus nigra (Shadow Roach) at tad bit bigger than the surinamensis and also Parthenogenic so again should make a good feeder
Pycnoscelus femapterus, these guys aren’t parthenogenic and quite a bit smaller
Paratemnopteryx couloniana (Red Goblin Roach) these are another brand new species for me so I only have like 10 or so. The adults can climb but the nymphs cant
Eublaberus posticus (Orangehead Roach) I actually really like these guys thay can’t climb and the nymphs are much more active than dubia
Blaberus fusca (Dwarf Cave Roach) these guys are nice and big and amazingly easy to breed lol
The roaches I don’t have pictures of right now that I do also keep are B. Dubia, B. discoidalis and B. Lateralis also should be getting quite a few more roach species as part of a trade next week so will post those then.
First up are my Elliptorhina javanica (Halloween Hisser) thay are a dwarf hisser
Aeluropoda insignis (Flat Horn Hisser)
Gromphadorhina portentosa (Madagascar Hisser)
Gromphadorhina grandidieri (Tiger Hisser) this was actually the first hisser species I ever got
And now for some non-hissers.
Henschoutedenia Flexivitta (Giant Lobster Roach) though thay look a lot like lobster roach thay actually aren’t related
Diploptera Punctata (Pacific Beetle Mimic) these guys are really cool thay look exactly like a beetle also unlike most other roaches these guys don’t produce egg sacks instead the young are directly nourished by the mother (viviparity). Thay are also amazingly hard to photograph.
Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Egyptian Sand Roach) another really cool roach and breed really easilly
Therea petiveriana (Domino Roach) these guys might be one of the best looking roach I have right now. Nymphs take forever to mature (up to 2 years) so my colony is just getting started. The adults though are stunning and there “wing” (thay cant fly) have a vary velvety feel to them. Also thay can technically climb but are a borrowing species so you rarely see this.
Cryptocercus wright this is a species I just got actually, these guys are actually the closest living relatives to termites and thus have the same bacteria in there gut that allows them to eat rotting wood.
Now for some of the feeder species I’m raising up though I have to admit most of these guys colonies aren’t big enough to start feeding off of yet
Byrsotria sp. "Cuba" (Brown Burrowing Roach)
Female
Male
Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Surinam Roach) these guys are fun because thay are Parthenogenic so thay make a great feeder. Thay do climb, though but are pretty bad at it and would much rather stay buried under something
Pycnoscelus nigra (Shadow Roach) at tad bit bigger than the surinamensis and also Parthenogenic so again should make a good feeder
Pycnoscelus femapterus, these guys aren’t parthenogenic and quite a bit smaller
Paratemnopteryx couloniana (Red Goblin Roach) these are another brand new species for me so I only have like 10 or so. The adults can climb but the nymphs cant
Eublaberus posticus (Orangehead Roach) I actually really like these guys thay can’t climb and the nymphs are much more active than dubia
Blaberus fusca (Dwarf Cave Roach) these guys are nice and big and amazingly easy to breed lol
The roaches I don’t have pictures of right now that I do also keep are B. Dubia, B. discoidalis and B. Lateralis also should be getting quite a few more roach species as part of a trade next week so will post those then.
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