Recent content by Peter Clausen

You may notice some changes. The forum's software has been updated.

Uploaded a new video too YouTube today. Anybody here gone bugging in Arizona?

Sorry for the downtime. The hosting company decides to update their system but didn't tell me that I needed to change the DNS settings to make the forum work. Thanks to those who messaged me about the downtime and welcome back to the forum! Not sure why it affected Beetleforum and Roachforum...

Celebrate Earth Day with me on Empire State Reptiles Live (internet radio). I'll be on the show this Saturday at 3:30 PM, PST (6:30 PM, EST). I guess they're going to interview me about my experiences in the pet bug hobby and if people call in we'll take calls. Listen here...

<p>The forum software is in dire need of an update again and will soon be updated. This will solve some of the spammer issues that ~plague the forum. A quick thanks to Hisserdude for always letting us know immediately when the spammers are posting. We are often able to delete the posts...

Recently, John Farr from StockFootage.com came over with his 4K Ultra HD video camera and shot clips of pet bugs. Thanks to Orin McMonigle for donating a few specimens for the video including the giant Heterophrynus batesii which, as a perfect adult, is otherwise impossible to source. Please...

The original Allpet Roaches Forum saw its first post on September 16th, 2000. In 2007 I helped Orin McMonigle (Allpet Roaches) move the forum to an updated software and hosting platform. Since that time the forum has incurred monthly expenses (I've paid for it every month!). Now, 9 years later...

I donated to this project. Please check it out and consider helping them out! http://www.rockethub.com/projects/41273-blue-beetle-genome-project

Okay, here's the deal. I acquired a breeding colony of these roaches a year or so ago with the understanding that I would breed them and distribute them to the US hobby. Their scientific name is Simandoa conserfariam, with the latter meaning "to conserve" and it is in that spirit that I have...

Just a quick note to let everyone know that the issues we were having with the forum should now be resolved. The most troubling issue since the previous update a few weeks back was that the validation process for new members was quirky. Some members had to wait as many as 16 days to get their...

Yeah, there was unanticipated downtime on the forum today. Thanks to Nanchantress to notifying me early in the day. The forum software company fixed the issue and updated us to the latest version of the software. Consequently, there will be some changes/updates to the way the forum works. These...

Maybe this has been discussed on the forum previously, but I've just come across this information on wikipedia, which says: "The emerald cockroach wasp or jewel wasp (Ampulex compressa) is a solitary wasp of the family Ampulicidae. It is known for its unusual reproductive behavior, which...

Catchy title, eh? Well, it may be true. The roaches in this video may be extinct in the wild, existing in only a few captive cultures. Simandoa conserfariam were discovered in a cave system which may have been destroyed by bauxite mining according to one of the author's of the species, Piotr...