My Roaches!

[MassExodus]

Well the genitalia are the same in all Grophadorhina species, so it's pretty hard to tell that way. The only person I know who sells pure G.portentosa is Kylw from roachcrossing, he says that "Unlike hybrid strains, adults of this variety tend to be solidly patterned with barely any striping and crisp, orange to red-orange abdomens".

Yeah, I was looking at his, mine are definitely more striped. They're also huge. One of my big females is creeping up on 4 inches, has to be. I'm going to measure her in a minute. Just purchased some A insignis from Doc on roach forum, 3 pairs of adults and 8 lg nymphs

 

[Hisserdude]

Yeah, I was looking at his, mine are definitely more striped. They're also huge. One of my big females is creeping up on 4 inches, has to be. I'm going to measure her in a minute. Just purchased some A insignis from Doc on roach forum, 3 pairs of adults and 8 lg nymphs

Yeah my largest female hisser is almost that big, she's a monster! That's another sign you have hybrids, they can get way bigger than pure-breds. Cool, Doc's a good guy, and he always seems to have a surplus of A.insignis.

 

[Hisserdude]

Parcoblatta americana:
Female:

Parcoblatta bolliana:
Male

Parcoblatta uhleriana:
Female

Male

Parcoblatta virginica:
Male

Parcoblatta sp. Unknown fulvescens like caudelli:
Male

 

[Hisserdude]

Just got a package from Roachcrossing today, with some really cool new species! Roaches make the best birthday present ever, am I right?

Arenivaga tonkawa:
Female nymph

Subadult male

Blaberus sp. "Venezuela":
Nymph

Corydidarum pygmaea:
Nymph

I also got a sexed pair of Paranauphoeta discoidalis, unfortunately I was not able to get any pictures of them.

 

[MassExodus]

Man those C pygmaea are cool, nice birthday loot And happy birthday

 

[Hisserdude]

Man those C pygmaea are cool, nice birthday loot And happy birthday

Yup, they may be my favorite in my collection! Thanks, it's been a great birthday week for me!

 

[Psyrocke]

The pictures of the last species in your picture post kinda remind me of centipedes a little (shapewise). Also, happy birthday!

 

[Hisserdude]

The pictures of the last species in your picture post kinda remind me of centipedes a little (shapewise). Also, happy birthday!

Yeah, they kinda do look like centipedes. Most people think they look like roly-polys, seeing as the can roll up into a ball and such.

 

[MassExodus]

I just got 200 Suriname roaches for feeders. There's a roach in there that doesn't look like the rest, I didn't see it till I put them in the new substrate, and everyone burrowed immediately..(these guys burrow faster and better than any roach I've seen) so I'm going to go through them and pull him after dinner. I want to see if you can id a pic

 

[Hisserdude]

I just got 200 Suriname roaches for feeders. There's a roach in there that doesn't look like the rest, I didn't see it till I put them in the new substrate, and everyone burrowed immediately..(these guys burrow faster and better than any roach I've seen) so I'm going to go through them and pull him after dinner. I want to see if you can id a pic

Interesting, I'll try my best to give an ID to your mystery roach!

 

[Hisserdude]

Finally got some pictures of my Paranauphoeta discoidalis I got a few days ago!

 

[Kymura]

Super pretty! How big are those guys?

 

[Hisserdude]

Super pretty! How big are those guys?

They are pretty small, only about 20mm long. They are very calm though, and seem okay with being handled.

 

[Kymura]

Grats @Hisserdude they are super pretty ^^

 

[MassExodus]

Oh wow, nice...

 

[Hisserdude]

Grats @Hisserdude they are super pretty ^^

Oh wow, nice...

Thanks guys!

 

[Hisserdude]

My collection has grown a bit since I last posted here, here are some of my new acquisitions.

African Bullet Roach:
Adult female

Arenivaga cf. genitalis:
Nymph

Dorylaea orini: (My favorite of my new roaches, got these from the man himself, Orin McMonigle)
Nymph

This species is very skittish, and I was unable to get many good pictures. Here's what most of the photo shoot was like:

Princisia vanwaerebeki "Big":
Nymph

 

[MassExodus]

Ahahaa, nice! You've got some stunners man..Those Princisia vanwaerebeki are my next roach purchase. Beautiful!

 

[Hisserdude]

Ahahaa, nice! You've got some stunners man..Those Princisia vanwaerebeki are my next roach purchase. Beautiful!

Thanks man, I go for the pretty roaches lol! I hope this "Big" morph of P.vanwaerebeki lives up to it's name, I'm excited to see just how big they'll get!

 

[Entity]

Beautiful!