Recent content by Thomas

So I was just checking up on pop culture on youtube and I saw a cockroach in Rihanna's new (?) music video. I can't upload a screenshot, as the file is too big, but it can be clearly seen with some other insect at 3:45 (3 minutes, 45 seconds) and again at 3:52 in the video. The two insects are...

I've read a few pest control sites' roach pages in the past, and some mentioned roaches biting people. I thought to myself "What a stupid idea. Every roach site says that that roaches do not bite". Just a minute ago, though, I think I experienced what one would call a roach "bite" from an adult...

Inbreeding has obvious adverse effects in mammals and other, more "complex", animals, and many say the same is true for arthropods and other invertebrates. If this is the case, is it best to keep multiple separate colonies of the same species and periodically switch out specimens between them to...

I've been keeping Schultesia lampyridiformis for a while and just now they've started breeding. However, I cant keep the young contained safely for my life. My container is horrid (ice cream tub with window screen taped on from the outside with industrial tape). I just recently tried an...

I'm Thomas, I live in Minnesota, and I love animals, music, and art. That's about it :)