nocticola vagus and larger invertebrates

0rangmang0

0rangmang0

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I am very fond of the Nocticola vagus (is this the correct name?) I enjoy how they have seemingly spread themselves to almost all of my terrariums and invertebrate enclosures. I initially got my culture from Kyle because I thought they were so neat. They were my 3rd species of cockroach and 5th species of invertebrate I kept as a hobbyist. After I got more into the hobby and began to read much more of the literature pertaining to keeping invertebrates I realised they could be a great alternative cleanup crew to isopods and havent looked back. I usually seed all of my fresh terreriums with them as well as new enclosures but if I dont they usually find their way in regardless. I am unsure if they are super effective cleaners but love to see them scaper around when I open or approach an enclosure. They also work great with harvestmen as they will snack on the small nymphs.
below is one terrarium with some unintentional Nocticola and a picture of a smaller nymph.)
 

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My N.vagus "Malaysia" stock has gotten into a lot of random bins lol, thankfully they seem to act like giant springtails essentially. Not been a bother to anything they've been introduced to yet.
 
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I am very fond of the Nocticola vagus (is this the correct name?) I enjoy how they have seemingly spread themselves to almost all of my terrariums and invertebrate enclosures. I initially got my culture from Kyle because I thought they were so neat. They were my 3rd species of cockroach and 5th species of invertebrate I kept as a hobbyist. After I got more into the hobby and began to read much more of the literature pertaining to keeping invertebrates I realised they could be a great alternative cleanup crew to isopods and havent looked back. I usually seed all of my fresh terreriums with them as well as new enclosures but if I dont they usually find their way in regardless. I am unsure if they are super effective cleaners but love to see them scaper around when I open or approach an enclosure. They also work great with harvestmen as they will snack on the small nymphs.
below is one terrarium with some unintentional Nocticola and a picture of a smaller nymph.)
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Oh wow I didn’t know they could be with begonias!! I’m going to rethink my setups now
 
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.
 

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Martin said:
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.
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I hope you get some males but also I'm worried that may make them lose some of their appeal. As dont the males have wings?
 
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