Table Mountain Jumping Cockroach

[blatta70]

Hello, this is Mark. I never saw anything posted here about this newly described cockroach here on the forum so I thought I might share. It's called the Table Mountain Jumping Cockroach (Saltoblattella montistabularis). This diurnal Blattellid was discovered in South Africa on Table Mountain and has saltatorial hind limbs similar to those of crickets.

My mouth is watering as I'm posting this!

Check out the info at

Table Mountain Cockroach

If anyone lives or knows someone in South Africa, this might a neat species to culture.

Mark

 

[Zephyr]

That's sweet! They look like crickets!

Makes me wonder what other animals roaches mimic, both in form and function.

Beetles, isopods, now crickets!

 

[hisserman]

That's so AWESOME!

 

[DLPBugs]

man talk about coooool,

Ill ask My friend Roland in SA. about them and see what he says...

 

[hisserman]

man talk about coooool,

Ill ask My friend Roland in SA. about them and see what he says...

If you get some, that would be so awesome!

Most of us would pay big money for those....

 

[Peter Clausen]

Amazing news, and interesting read, Mark. Photos too!

 

[makoygaara]

Thanks for the share.

 

[likebugs]

Wow, those look very cool! :blink:

 

[Ralph]

Oh. My. Goodness. They combine my two great bug loves (if they were carnivorous, mantids get in too), roaches and jumping Orthoptera! Awesome...