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I have kept Lucihormetica subsincta in a tub with a couple inches of substrate mixed up out of several ingredients, but mostly cocofiber and dead leaves with a bit of potting soil. I had read at some point that they do well in naturalistic set ups so I thought to give it a try. I used a glass...

Exactly as the title says. It's a mite that looks like a tiny whitish spec of power. It could even be mistaken for that exept for the fact that they tend to group together when on a host insect, and look like patches of dust that does not easily come off. Periodically these turn up on some...

Here we take some normal Lucihormetica verrucosa and feed them a diet high in beta-carotene. Started: Some weeks later yellow spots turned orange: This happened also with L. subcincta. Interesting!

...(feeding habits) roaches in general and Archimandrita tesselata: Most of the roaches I have seen in the wild forage to some degree, eating fallen fruits or feeding off the thousands of tiny plants/flowers that grow on the sides of tropical trees, or eating the debris from the forest canopy...

If anyone has a spare male "African bullet roach", please let me know. Odd, I know, but I just need one. Extras considered a generous bonus though... Thanks!

Does anyone know of a comprehensive encyclopedia of Insects ?? I seem to remember years ago seeing one that I can't remember the title, but do remember it had around 1400 or more pages loaded with hard info and great photos / illustrations. It was part of a dozen or so set that addressed life...

Found under a rotten log that bridged a gap where a stream went through. Just under the (huge) log on the mud wall. 2 others were there also, all seem identicle.

Is this the right section for information pertaining to persons who resell but do not breed/sell roaches or keep any inventory on hand? So, after several months go by, a dealer that goes by Digby Rigby calls me to ask me why I posted something about his bait-and-switch tactics (a term I do not...

Photo was taken in a break in the rain one afternoon, sky being cloudy made for the dark lighting on this and my flash would not flash to show the bright greenness of it....

But they are usually flitting about and getting a photo while it landed for a brief moment was a challenge.

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