Hisserdude's Roaches
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Here is a photo thread for my roach collection!
Blaberus atropos "Florida":
These guys have rather varied pronotum markings.
Byrsotria sp. "Cuba":
Female
Male
Chorisoneura texensis:
Ergaula capucina:
Female
Male:
Hemiblabera tenebricosa:
Female
Male
Parcoblatta americana "Table-top Mountain":
Female
Male:
Parcoblatta bolliana:
Nymph
Female
Parcoblatta divisa:
Female:
Blaberus atropos "Florida":
These guys have rather varied pronotum markings.
Byrsotria sp. "Cuba":
Female
Male
Chorisoneura texensis:
Ergaula capucina:
Female
Male:
Hemiblabera tenebricosa:
Female
Male
Parcoblatta americana "Table-top Mountain":
Female
Male:
Parcoblatta bolliana:
Nymph
Female
Parcoblatta divisa:
Female:
Parcoblatta uhleriana:
Nymph
Polyphaga aegyptiaca:
Female with ootheca
Male with an abnormality on his wing
Pseudomops septentrionalis:
Therea olegrandjeani:
Male:
Female
Parcoblatta americana:
Female
Parcoblatta bolliana:
Male
Parcoblatta uhleriana:
Female
Male
Parcoblatta virginica:
Male
Parcoblatta sp. "Undescribed":
Male
Arenivaga tonkawa:
Female nymph
Subadult male:
Blaberus sp. "Venezuela":
Nymph
Corydidarum pygmaea:
Nymph
Nymph
Polyphaga aegyptiaca:
Female with ootheca
Male with an abnormality on his wing
Pseudomops septentrionalis:
Therea olegrandjeani:
Male:
Female
Parcoblatta americana:
Female
Parcoblatta bolliana:
Male
Parcoblatta uhleriana:
Female
Male
Parcoblatta virginica:
Male
Parcoblatta sp. "Undescribed":
Male
Arenivaga tonkawa:
Female nymph
Subadult male:
Blaberus sp. "Venezuela":
Nymph
Corydidarum pygmaea:
Nymph
Blaberus sp. "Hybrid":
African bullet roach:
Adult female
Arenivaga genitalis:
Nymph
Cariblatta lutea:
Nymph
Adult male
Parcoblatta bolliana:
Subadult male
Female nymph
Parcoblatta zebra:
Subadult male
Adult female
Pycnoscelus sp. "Thailand":
Nymph
Adult
Gyna lurida "Normal":
Dorylaea orini:
Nymph
Paranauphoeta discoidalis:
Adult female
The happy couple, (Male on the right)
Corydidarum pygmaea:
Adult male
Female nymph
Pseudomops septentrionalis:
Adult female
Adult male
African bullet roach:
Adult male
Therea petiveriana:
Adult female
African bullet roach:
Adult female
Arenivaga genitalis:
Nymph
Cariblatta lutea:
Nymph
Adult male
Parcoblatta bolliana:
Subadult male
Female nymph
Parcoblatta zebra:
Subadult male
Adult female
Pycnoscelus sp. "Thailand":
Nymph
Adult
Gyna lurida "Normal":
Dorylaea orini:
Nymph
Paranauphoeta discoidalis:
Adult female
The happy couple, (Male on the right)
Corydidarum pygmaea:
Adult male
Female nymph
Pseudomops septentrionalis:
Adult female
Adult male
African bullet roach:
Adult male
Therea petiveriana:
Adult female
Panchlora sp. "White":
Males
Female:
Pseudomops septentrionalis:
Male
Female carrying ootheca
Byrsotria fumigata:
Male
Gromphadorhina sp. "Hybrid":
Male
Corydidarum pymaea:
Adult female
Dorylaea orini:
Female
Gyna lurida:
Female (Nice white coloration on this one)
Pycnoscelus sp. "Thailand":
Female
Males
Female:
Pseudomops septentrionalis:
Male
Female carrying ootheca
Byrsotria fumigata:
Male
Gromphadorhina sp. "Hybrid":
Male
Corydidarum pymaea:
Adult female
Dorylaea orini:
Female
Gyna lurida:
Female (Nice white coloration on this one)
Pycnoscelus sp. "Thailand":
Female
Arenivaga bolliana:
Female
Subadult male
Parcoblatta fulvescens:
Female
Latiblattella rehni:
Small nymph
Cariblatta minima:
Female
Corydidarum pygmaea:
Adult pair
Paranauphoeta discoidalis:
Hatchling
Blaberus sp. "Venezuela":
Male
Hemiblabera tenebricosa:
Mating pair (Male on right)
Balta notulata:
Tiny nymph (My camera has a really hard time photographing tiny inverts, so forgive me for the low quality pics)
Female
Subadult male
Parcoblatta fulvescens:
Female
Latiblattella rehni:
Small nymph
Cariblatta minima:
Female
Corydidarum pygmaea:
Adult pair
Paranauphoeta discoidalis:
Hatchling
Blaberus sp. "Venezuela":
Male
Hemiblabera tenebricosa:
Mating pair (Male on right)
Balta notulata:
Tiny nymph (My camera has a really hard time photographing tiny inverts, so forgive me for the low quality pics)
T.C. wrote:Wow, that an amazingly huge collection. Took me about ten minutes just to get through them all. I have never seen the white colored species. Super cool.
Yeah, and this is a small collection compared to some keepers out there, the owner of Roachcrossing.com, Kyle Kandilian, has well over 100 species of cockroach in his collection!
Thanks, the Panchlora sp. "White" are actually a very new addition to the hobby, I'm one of the few US hobbyists keeping them.
Oh I don't think Roachcrossing has the white Panchlora last time I checked, I actually got these off a guy in Canada, Gil Wizen, who was until recently the sole keeper of this species, and he won't be shipping anything this time of year cause of the weather.
T.C. wrote:Ok, thank you. Obviously I couldn't get any until spring, living in Wisconsin in all.
No problem! Well if you have people ship your bugs with heat packs then the cold is irrelevant, if they get there on time that is...
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That is a huge collection! Just how much time do you spend ia a day caring for them? lol
natureguy wrote:That is a huge collection! Just how much time do you spend ia a day caring for them? lol
Yep, it sure is! I actually only have to do maintenance once every two days, and it only takes about an hour and a half to replace all their food and spray their enclosures. Overall they are very low maintenance pets.
T.C. wrote:I think the nymph's picture is really cool. I am actually surprised at how close earwigs and cockroaches behavior is. Do the parents look out after the nymphs at all, or they on there own?
Thanks! It depends on the species, most roaches just let their babies wander away and show no maternal care, some are very good parents however.
Take Corydidarum pygmaea, (a species I'm currently rearing that highly resembles a pillbug), the babies stick very close to their mother for the first couple molts, and they drink a liquid that the mother produces from glands in her leg joints. A closely related genus, Perisphaerus, is also known for feeding their young nutritious liquids from their joints, and will actually curl into a ball around their babies to protect them!
Cryptocercus roaches are well known for living in small colonies in rotting logs, and take good care of their oothecae, cleaning them from time to time, and the nymphs stay with their parents through adulthood and eat their frass to obtain special microorganisms that help them digest rotten wood.
mothman27 wrote:Amazing collection! My favorites are the Therea(s). i don't know much about roaches but I collected one in FL this summer and don't know what type it is. I will try to post a pic later.
Thanks! Yeah, Therea are among the more popular species of roach in the hobby, due to their attractive colors and beetle-like shape.
Cool, I'd be happy to try and identify it for you if you can get a good picture.
Latiblattella rheni:
Adult male
Polyphaga saussurei:
Adult female
Polyphaga aegyptiaca:
Adult female
Adult male
Panchlora sp. "White":
Newborn nymphs
Balta notulata:
Nymphs
Adults
Corydidarum pygmaea:
Adult females
Blaberus sp. "Venezuela":
Adult female
Paranauphoeta discoidalis:
Adult female and nymphs
Adult male
Polyphaga saussurei:
Adult female
Polyphaga aegyptiaca:
Adult female
Adult male
Panchlora sp. "White":
Newborn nymphs
Balta notulata:
Nymphs
Adults
Corydidarum pygmaea:
Adult females
Blaberus sp. "Venezuela":
Adult female
Paranauphoeta discoidalis:
Adult female and nymphs
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I agree, a very nice collection. Also took me a while to look at all of them. I have never collected any roaches but the families goes back millions of years, it would be nice to have a fossil rock cast of one of those. Looks like several would be a good candidate. I have observed a few roach species in ancient fossil amber resin; and they were preserved forever.
Take a look at insect in amber, just google it.
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Take a look at insect in amber, just google it.
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Panchlora is really unique to me, nice photo work you did.
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I guess I would consider hisserdude to be the roach expert if I have a question about roaches. I read one time that you could cut off a roaches head and he/she could live for several days or week without a head. Not sure how true that is.
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Insect Rod wrote:I guess I would consider hisserdude to be the roach expert if I have a question about roaches. I read one time that you could cut off a roaches head and he/she could live for several days or week without a head. Not sure how true that is.
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Im not sure how true that technically is. I once tried to kill a roach for my ants by crushing it's head. After it's head was crushed, it used its legs to pull it's own head off, then pull a bunch of it's own guts out with it. Was a very gruesome sight, and had to completely smash the roach cuz i felt bad. It looked like he was trying to get whatever it was on his head, off...which was nothing.
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