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On my recent 8 day survey of Costa Rica, I learned many things. Among these I found that roaches there have a tendancy to stay out of the heat for the most part. Temps ranged anywhere from 58'F to 85'F depending on altitude and other factors. The locations where I have seen the most roaches...

Is anyone here a member of the BCG (and living in the USA) and has received thier copy of the Cockroach Studies vol.2 ?? I am still waiting for my copy and REALLY want to read something that is in that mag. PM me if you have it already... Thanks! Matt K

Title of the book: Cockroaches: Ecology, Behavior, and Natural History authors: William Bell, Louis Roth, and Christine Nalepa I still remember ordering a copy of this book in April when it was not scheduled for release until late June. Having prepaid for it I had hoped the book was going...

I would like to compare husbandry notes with anyone who is getting good production out of these two species. Mine seem to produce in very limited numbers. Ok. Ready? Post!

In case you wondered... "Who is this Matt K guy and why is he posting all the time?" Well, I work from home and work whenever I feel like it off and on through out the day. Somedays I work non stop and others I don't at all. Generally, I am in my home, rarely leaving it though I can and do...

***Just a thought. There ought to be some way to centralize a list of what species are actually in U.S. domestic cultures, and which ones may be available. Not that everyone needs to chime in with thier own inventory list, but if there was some way to add species to a community list, even...

Soem roaches seem to nibble the egg cartons they climb on and others don't. Does anyone know if this indicates something, or had been a problem for you ?? In my case, it is not a problem. The roaches seem fine so I am fine with it. But curious to know why... ??????

Recently, all my nymphs of Panchlora sp.'giant' died almost overnight. Still have many adults, have not done anything different in the slightest in the past many months..... anyone have any thoughts what happened ??

For some reason any roach I have seems to not eat these items: Tofu Parsley Cilantro (occasionally will) ...can anyone add to this list? I normally try to feed them anything I eat if its whole and fresh.... I am not inclined to eat "junk food" but on very rare occasion.

I am in need of 10-15 Pseudomops. If anyone has any or willing to part with a few please send me a message. Thanks! Matt

Here is something interesting I have been fooling with that maybe we could all talk about: Light and Dark. Do you keep your roaches in a room with windows or not? Do they get sunlight or not? Do they get moonlight or not? Do they get artificial light or not? And for any of these, for how...

Question: I have some Tanzanian pillipedes (Arthrosphaera ?). Recently, they have begun to make some balls of soil that are larger than the usual fecal pellet. Anyone know why? Here is a photo:

I have bought various bugs from Orin and always been very happy with outstanding specimens. He has taken great care to choose only the best in his cultures and Iwould highly recommend him. Communication is excellent, delivery timely, and the quality does not get better.

Orins quote- "Wow Matt, you've got a lot of handsome cockroaches. I've seen pictures of hisser colonies with white 'shoulders' in the past though I thought it included adult females but I'm guessing those photos were these. Have you noticed any anatomical details that could be used to easily...

Should molt in a few days:

Culturing these... who can resist such a cute bug?

Hello all. Matt Kaplinsky here. Avid "bug" keeper, mostly various roaches, but have a sampling of many other genera as well. Cheers!