IKR!?
Yep, sadly I only know of one person successfully breeding this species, and he lives in japan!
Well now I have to ask, what kinds of episodes? :lol:
But if I must. Hmmm....
R. formosana are semi-aquatic, but I would never keep them in a fish tank filled with water. Looks like you already accidentally did thoughThat Archiblatta is crazy! Looks almost like a stocky katydid or cricket.
And I know choosing is hard for everyone (including myself) lol
Corydidarum pygmaea is towards the top of my list because it's such a unique species and because I've been trying really hard to get nymphs from that project, even though I ran out of males before my female matured (thanks Kyle for the male!)
Pseudomops septentrionalis is one of my favorite, if not my favorite, native species because I can always look into the enclosure and see at least a couple individuals roaming about. I'm hoping one day to have a large colony going in a big tank so they'll be really easy to watch then.
On a more interesting note, I recently got some Rhabdoblatta formosana and was just keeping them in a 16 oz deli cup until I got their more permanent enclosure set up. I was out of town for a couple days and there was quite a bit of rain while I was gone. When I got back, I found that the ceiling in my invert room had been leaking. Not just leaking, but leaking into a big tub that contained various species in a myriad of enclosures. The Rhabdoblatta were on top and I feared the worst because the container was over halfway filled with water. I opened it up expecting to see a bunch of dead roaches, but lo and behold, all of them were still alive! One even molted to adulthood while essentially underwater clinging to the egg crate! Because of this, I think these guys have moved up to the top of my favorite list if I really have to pick a species
Some other winners in my book are Gyna lurida for variation in color, ease of care, and the voracious nymphs, Opisthoplatia orientalis is rapidly moving up the list based on color and how laid back they are and Therea because who can say no to domino and question mark roaches?
The roly poly and pale field roaches are towards the top of my list as well. Therea probably would be on my list if I actually owned any.
You should know by now that I'm just here to steal your thunderI was just about to say that Rhabdoblatta are semi aquatic, you beat me to it by a minute!
Oh it's on now! :lol:You should know by now that I'm just here to steal your thunder
You often talk about exotic species that you wish were entering the hobby, and I might have a solution for your woes. Are you on Ovogram? Other than being a great site for people like us, you might get the opportunity to receive some of these rare species that aren't necessarily available through commercial breeders. Even if you never find an offer for Archiblatta, you just can't beat free roaches!
I look at Ovogram as an investment. By sending away roaches for the relatively cheap price of shipping, you have the opportunity to relieve things that would normally cost you much more than just a shipping cost. I'm a member, but right now I'm just acting as a leech because I can't afford to give anything away right now. That will soon change though, as I have multiple species with suspect gravid females, and some other colonies that I am just now establishing.Oh it's on now! :lol:
I have considered joining, but the whole point is to share, and right now I just don't have the money to ship out roaches for free. (I'm 15, I don't have a job). I will definitely be joining once I have the means to keep shipping roaches to fellow Ovogramers, I just don't want to be a mooch!
Exactly, I am very much looking forward to joining once I have a solid source of money, it seems like a great thing to participate in!
Elliptorhina javanica were my were my first roaches! They really are great, aren't they? Parthenogenesis is a complicated part of biology that I barely understand myself. In a nutshell, it works the same as normal fertilization, but instead of a male gamete fertilizing a female gamete, the female fertilizes her own eggs with her own gametes. No sperm required! Because there is no male to include his genes in the mix, all the offspring are essentially clones of the female. It has a similar effect on the gene pool as asexual reproduction. Also, because there is no male chromosome involved, all of the offspring end up female.
I have some little Kenyan roaches, but I haven't kept them long enough to say much about them. Seems like they're easy and they should be a good feeder source for my widows.