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http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0000529 Basically,cockroaches were classically conditioned to drool when presented with a smell they associated with a reward. I wondered if my roaches were drooling on me because they favored me rather than being afraid. They...

I realize that question mark roaches don't have little sausage feets, but I thought it was cute that way. This is the first round. The second round will have the color. :)

Would it be okay to house A.tesselata and B.craniifer together? I have 12 B.craniifer and 3 A.tesselata . They're all nymphs. I would like to get another bucket for the peppereds,but if I don't need to that would be nice. I feel like separate species should have separate enclosures.. anyway...

I bought B.craniifer and A.tesselata from Romanbuck, and they came in faster than expected. They were packaged well, and they are amazing! Thank you! I highly recommend him.

I believe this to be the right forum for this, but I purchased a book for myself as a birthday gift about cockroaches. I love this book. http://www.amazon.com/Cockroaches-Ecology-Behavior-Natural-History/dp/0801886163/ It's expensive, but worth it. It's not picture heavy, but it is loaded with...

My name is Leigh! I've been interested in cockroaches (among other animals) for a while now! I work at a natural history museum where they have hissing cockroaches, scorpions,tarantulas, snakes,bearded dragons and turtles. I'm new to the hobby of cockroaches as pets. It somehow never occurred...