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Anyone know something that grows fast enough to not be gnawed to the ground, looks roughly appropriate for a scrubland species, isn't toxic, and likes similar conditions to domino roaches? 

I've read that some people use packing tape as a barrier, instead of Vaseline and the like. Supposedly some species can't climb the slippery tape. Makes sense to me. Anyone know if domino roaches can climb it? I'm thinking of putting mine in a less securely lidded container that I like the look...

Last year, I accidentally brought back half a dozen Madeira roaches on a pig skull I got in Hawaii. I have one confirmed, healthy adult, unsexed, but I haven't seen any others in awhile. I've been keeping them fed and watered, I have no reason to assume they'd be dead, but I sure haven't seen...

I have 6+ (not sure of exact count) large death's head roaches for sale. They're a range of size from about a nickel (one of them) to large enough that I suspect they'll mature on their next molt. $20 shipped, or swap for zebra, giant canyon, or dairy cow isopods. Let me know if interested. 

I caught these two in the process of making more roaches. Pretty neat to see, since the females only mate the once.  Also found this little lady. At least, I'm guessing it's a lady based on the antennae. She's awful small, should really be at least a quarter inch longer and wider, and clearly...

We have these paper plates that we use sometimes, and they say "COMPOSTABLE" in big letters on the package. Elsewhere, they say something about how they're only compostable in a commercial facility, which "may not exist in your area".  It makes me wonder, what with how voracious some roaches...

Now, this is for zebra isopods (Armadillidium maculatum), but it would also work for small, non-climbing roaches. Or for climbing species if you had a snug lid and covered the holes with mesh. It has a lid (just a cut-out piece of stiff packaging plastic), but I took that off for the pic...

This stowed away in my dad's suitcase, possibly inside a feral hog skull we found. It's about half an inch long and can climb smooth plastic, though I haven't tested it on glass. Any idea what it is? It's from Hawai'i, though I'm aware that there's a LOT of things in Hawai'i. I'm probably gonna...

I found a mole cricket in the parking lot of a hotel that's not even 2 city blocks from the beach. I've never seen one of these before, only heard them. Pretty sure it's Scapteriscus borellii? If I'm right, it's carnivorous, which is really cool. It was really active and a lot faster than I...

This pic was on Pinterest without a name. It came up on Google when I was looking up "rough bark roach" to show someone photos of those. What is this cutie and where can I get some? 

Edit: I guess I don't have much of a way to tell them apart. I've put the adult female of each species in their own little enclosures, set inside the main enclosure to keep the temp stable. An inch of coco fiber, some oak leaves to chew and hide under, all inside half a plastic gallon jug. They...

I have a particular fondness for roaches that a layperson might look at and ask "what is that?" instead of going "ew, a cockroach". Variety is the spice of life, and the variety of living things is a particularly good spice. I also like the round shapes. I know these aren't common species, but...

I found it on Google, and the attached link is... some kind of Facebook-esque site, of a language I don't understand, with this listing long gone.  These are beautiful, and I want 20. What are they?  Edit: Looks like they may be Corydidarum Magnifica? 

I have a little, basically empty greenhouse in my yard that doesn't really have anything in it aside from some cardboard boxes and empty planters, but it seems to have become a favorite hangout spot for two species of isopod. I happened to move a box in there and saw Porcellio isopods, which I...

I'll be copy/pasting this to two other places, and will link them up here in case anyone wants to see any other suggestions I might get.  https://www.dendroboard.com/forum/parts-construction/351136-considering-blaberus-giganteus-exhibit-need-background-advice.html#post3060760...