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I have a nocticola with winged males though. Nocticola baiguensis from Guilin, China

i think vagus doesnt have any recorded male specimens.

Trying out the new Forum server image upload :) and to report that I caught what seems to be N.vagus but in Thailand. I need to wait for the next gen, to see if these are parthenogenetic, but from the wild only collected females.... so everything does seem point in that direction.

Today I received this on the mail and my jaw just dropped.  1 female of Perisphaerus sp. from China, Hainan Island, Jianfeng Mountains. I knew I was getting a big version of Perisphaerus... But never imagined it would be so big.  The giant adult female is 26mm long while Perisphaerus...

Instead of keep doing separate threads, I decided to combine everything into just one and keep doing posts as my videos come out.  Diploptera punctata , the Pacific Beetle Mimic Roach

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Blaberus giganteus YouTube video

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My colony has started to produced these differently sized wings and with different patterns. (So far I only found 3 or 4 of them). Has anyone ever seen or experienced anything like this before?

My first Ectobiid species under my care and a local species I have recently found. http://www.thewildmartin.com/blog/conservation-of-macau-wildlife

Discovery of the second Asian Holocompsa species from China Lu Qiu,Zong-Qing Wang &Yan-Li Che 

Hello Everybody, seems I forgot to write about these... I finally got hold of a small batch of nymphs of Therea regularis, 16 of them! And it seems I was lucky enough to get one molting into an adult female during transportation. Hope you are as delighted as I am by their looks Photo of Adult...

Last new colony of the year 2020 has arrived - Diploptera puntacta  Nymph Photos Quite excited for this species. I really love when roaches mimic other insects! First things I have noticed: 1 - the musky smell inside the box. Not sure if the smell is from the release of any defensive...

Yesterday received another 16/17 Yamato roach nymphs (Periplaneta japonica) from the same seller. I thought that 10 nymphs were not enough for a starter colony. So, lets hope for a steady growth!  One thing I am noticed again and again is that, although looking similar to red runners (as...

This weekend I received 10 small nymphs of Periplaneta japonica. This is my first Periplaneta species. I was always very fearful of jumping into Periplaneta because of their looks, speed, climbing abilities, etc... but after receiving these beauties, I think I was mistaken. Images They are...