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I work at a small pet store on the weekends and someone mentioned they found a "big roach" on a glue board in the back fish room. I went to check it out and found an adult male Periplaneta americana stuck lightly to the glue. I removed him and an adult female from another, both suffering leg...

The use of common names even within the scientific community is still inadequate and detrimental. I present to you, the German roach, aka Nauphoeta cinerea. Or... Ya know... The lobster roach... Oi. This is a R/D supplier for professional researchers, it's kinda sad.  

I've only ever heard of Parcoblatta pennsylvanica being able to mature after a lengthy winter diapause. As in chilling them for a few months and then warming then back up so they can mature. It's their natural cycle in he wild so it makes sense they'd need it. That being said, this summer I...

http://entomologytoday.org/2013/12/09/cold-tolerant-cockroach-from-asia-has-been-found-in-new-york/ No it's not the supposedly new species those kids were DNA sequencing. This is the Japanese cousin of the American cockroach. So... Who wants to go collecting? I'd love some!

I found this a few days ago in my friends basement. It was between the window and outside screen... Apparently for well over a week. It was my payment for helping move some stuff, haha. This is, as far as I can tell, a Dolomedes tenebrosus, the Dark Fishing Spider. I don't know a lot about them...

Hey guys, Just wondering if anyone here works in pest control. I've been thinking about a job change lately and this seems like something I'd probably enjoy doing. A friend of mine's father owns a company and may be needing a new tech soon. What do you like about the job? What do you hate? How...

Hey guys! Been a little while since I've been active around here. I wanted to apologize for the absence. I got divorced about 5 months ago and it turned my life into a mess for a bit. But things are looking up again and I'm looking to get back into chatting with you guys and being part of the...

Just opened my zebras up and found myself some babies! I'm pretty happy about that, they have been laying ooths like crazy but I haven't seen any babies until now. I saw at least 7, there may be more however. Woo! Sorry the image kinda sucks, but you can see a few in there. :P

The first time I've ever wanted fruit flies started in October. I purchased a few colonies of young Centruroides scorpions and shortly afterwards some very young Damon diadema. Problem that was immediately apparent...even the smaller B. lateralis was too large for them. I went to the pet store...

Just got my shirt in today. It's a large and is a bit longer than expected but still fits well enough. The shirt material is lightweight and relatively thin, but it is a white t-shirt so that's pretty normal. The logo is a slight bit blurry around the edges of the circle but I think that comes...

I decided to make a cockroach related website to host my YouTube videos and information about cockroach care. https://www.sites.google.com/site/cockroachcare/ Let me know what you guys think, I still have a lot of work to do but I think it's an okay start.

Glad to see the forum back online guys. It's always good to be here! :)

Hey guys, I'm looking to purchase breeding pairs of adult Blaberus craniifer (BLACK WING deathheads purebred only) and Blaberus giganteus (Giant cave roach pure bred only). I would like to purchase 6-8 pairs of each but I am willing to negotiate for fewer numbers. Please PM me with which...

I went to the Hamburg reptile show today and was a bit disappointed by the lack of scorpions, tailless whipspiders, and non-feeder roaches. But I did find two different stands selling one of my favorite communal critters, Centruroides scorpions. I picked up 9 C. hentzi and 6 C. gracilis, both...

I have been uploading videos lately of my honey bees and thought to myself...why not do some videos on my cockroaches? I filmed a few with my phone so they are so-so quality but they are basically just me rambling about the bin, the roach, and general care for them. I cover lats, lobsters...