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Any Pokemon fans here? Sun and Moon finally gave us a roach pokemon with Pheromosa and it instantly became one of my favorite Pokemon. I love how not only is it powerful, but is also portrayed as beautiful and clean! It reminds me of a Blaberus sp. in particular, especially the coloring on the...

One of my rhino roach nymphs died today. Last night it was squirming like it was going to molt so I misted the enclosure a couple times, but it later died without molting. My other two appear to be ok though I've been keeping an eye on them.  I haven't changed husbandry recently so I'm not sure...

This might be a stupid question, but do B. giganteus make a soft hissing noise when disturbed? Because I could swear mine do (along with releasing an interesting smelling pheromone). I've never seen anyone else mention it though.

I was looking for roaches in rotting logs, but found these neat guys instead. I apologize for the crappy pic: I collected about four or five and some of the wood and soil they were in as substrate. Anyone know what species they are and how to care for them? I looked around a bit and think...

What kind of roaches can be found in northern GA, USA? Other than the common pest ones of course. I'm thinking about trying to rear species I can find locally. Anyone know whats around, where to find them, and how to care for them?

Do B. giganteus make a somewhat quiet hissing sound when feeling threatened? Because I could swear I hear mine making a hissy noise when irritated. I've never heard anything about that species making any noise, though.

I've been putting off on asking this here long enough. Last fall I started noticing small-medium sized nymphs dead under the pine bark I had in the unnamed tank. Then I started finding them in all other places, even after I took the bark out recently. Today I found a decent sized nymph dead in...

I looked in my unnamed tank of hissers tonight and found a young female dead! This has happened to me once before, but that was at least 6 months ago. I know for a fact they were both young, because I got them as nymphs about a year ago. They were adults when they died, and had food and water...

Got home about 30 minutes ago, and when I looked at my "named" tank I saw Ophelia had an ootheca protruding! It looks healthy from what I've seen in pictures (nice light color, not slanted to one side, etc), but since this is the first time any of my hissers have reproduced I have some...

Well, I've posted it most other places so I might as well post it here too. Anyway, origami has been my hobby of choice since the 8th grade. I've designed some of my own models (Pokemon mostly), so I'll try to focuse on those. Something we all should recognize, my Simple Hissers! The...

Made this for the daughter/sister of two of my friends for Christmas. I plan to make another (a male) for the girl's brother. I named the plush "Ophelia" after one of my real female hissers. Of course, her future owner can name her whatever she wants! I added bows and eyelashes to give her...

Well, as we all know it's Thankgiving. I'm wondering if I can give some of the food we don't eat to my hissers, in particular pumpkin pie. I know they like pumpkins, but since the pie has other ingredients I though I should run it by you guys first :lol: Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Hello everyone! My name is Elizabeth. I'm still in high school, and I've had my boys Hamlet and Laertes (hissers) for almost a year now. I used to have a third guy (Sid) but he passed on to the great aquarium in the sky in January. I'm going to get a female soon (her name will be Ophelia), but...