Here I am....

[EffeCi]

Hi all

My name is Franco, from Italy

Roaches are my work (I'm a Pest Control Operator) and my hobby (actually I'm breeding 42 different species of them).

I'm the administrator of Entoforum, an italian forum of arthropods breeders.

 

[Chris Driggers]

Welcome.

42 species, wow, thats a nice collection, which 42 species?

 

[EffeCi]

My culture list:

Archimandrita tessellata

"African bullet roach"

Blaberus giganteus

Blaberus sp. "Bolivia"

Blaberus atropos

Blaberus fusca

Blaberus craniifer "European hybrid"

Blaberus craniifer "brown morph"

Blaberus discoidales

Blaptica dubia

Blatta lateralis (ex Shelfordella tartara)

Blatta orientalis

Byrsotria fumigata

Deropeltis sp "Mombasa"

Drymaplaneta semivitta

Elliptorhina laevigata

Elliptorhina chopardi

Eublaberus posticus

Eublaberus distanti

Gromphadorhina grandidieri

Gromphadorhina oblongata

Gromphadorhina portentosa

Gromphadorhina portentosa "giant morph"

Loboptera decipiens

Lucihormetica subcincta

Macropanesthia rhinoceros

Nauphoeta cinerea

Neostylopiga rhombifolia

Oxyhaloa deusta

Phaetalia pallidus

Panchlora nivea

Panchlora sp.

Periplaneta americana

Polyphaga saussurei

Pycnoscelus surinamensis

Rypharobia maderae

Rypharobia maderae "Goldi"

Schultesia lampyridiformis

Supella longipalpa

Symploce pallens

Two days ago I bought some nymphs of Therea petiveriana and Opistoplatia orientalis

 

[Peter Clausen]

Hi Franco,

Great to have the Italian hobby represented here! I visited your forum and it looks really neat. I wish we could have a phasmid hobby here in the US.

Pest control and a bug hobbyist? That's an unusual combination, but it makes sense to me. I'll bet you have some great stories. And maybe you even have some tough decisions to make...sometimes???

Thanks for joining,

Peter

 

[EffeCi]

Yeah, I know it's an unusual combination... I call it the "Jeckyll-Hide Syndrome"...

Sure I have great stories... "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe"... :lol:

 

[Roachfreak101]

Welcome Franco!

You really have a great list of roaches!

I am sure you will be the envy of alot of people here, including myself!

 

[Roachsmith]

Welcome!

Awesome list! I would really like to see a pic of your Elliptorhina laevigata. I wish we had those here. So jealous! :lol:

 

[EffeCi]

No... don't be jealous... I had only one male and two females... now I've only a female, but i forgot to delete the species from the list... they didn't reproduce...

 

[Allpet Roaches]

No... don't be jealous... I had only one male and two females... now I've only a female, but i forgot to delete the species from the list... they didn't reproduce...

Those photos are normal G.portentosa, correct?

I bred and sent out hundreds and hundreds of v-horn adults and nymphs. I sent out too many which wiped my colony out and apparently nobody else had any ability to keep them.

 

[EffeCi]

No... they're really bigger than G.portentosa, and they don't (didn't) hiss so frequently...

 

[EffeCi]

Updating my culture list....

African Bullet Roach

Archimandrita tessellata

Blaberus giganteus

Blaberus sp. "Bolivia"

Blaberus atropos

Blaberus fusca

Blaberus craniifer "Black wings""

Blaberus craniifer "European hybrid"

Blaberus craniifer "Brown wings"

Blaberus discoidales

Blaptica dubia

Blatta lateralis (ex Shelfordella tartara)

Blatta orientalis

Byrsotria fumigata

Deropeltis sp "Mombasa"

Deropeltis paulinoi

Diploptera punctata

Drymaplaneta semivitta

Eublaberus distanti

Eublaberus posticus

Elliptorhina chopardi

Eurycotis opaca

Gromphadorhina grandidieri

Gromphadorhina oblongata

Gromphadorhina portentosa

Gromphadorhina portentosa "giant morph"

Hemiblabera sp.

Loboptera decipiens

Lucihormetica subcincta

Macropanesthia rhinoceros

Nauphoeta cinerea

Neostylopyga rhombifolia

Opisthioplathia orientalis

Oxyhaloa deusta

Phaetalia pallidus

Panchlora nivea

Panchlora nivea "big"

Periplaneta americana

Polyphaga saussurei

Pycnoscelus surinamensis

Rypharobia maderae

Rypharobia maderae "Goldi"

Schultesia lampyridiformis

Supella longipalpa

Symploce pallens

Therea petiveriana

Now they're 46 different species...

 

[Allpet Roaches]

Eurycotis opaca

Can you post some photos of these please?

 

[EffeCi]

Eurycotis opacaCan you post some photos of these please?

Just let me the time to take the pictures... I bought Eurycotis on Sunday, at the NIRM (North Italia Reptile Market)...

I'll do it ASAP...

 

[EffeCi]

Done, HERE

 

[paul vern]

Different language, same topic. I'm glad you joined this forum, Franco!