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Hi everyone! I caught 13 young wolfspders yesterday and wanted to know if anyone can I.D them for me. Here's the link to my blog where there is a couple pictures of them. Thanks! :) http://allaboutarthropods.blogspot.com/2016/04/some-more-wc-inverts.html

Hi guys! I found a couple Pterostichus permundus ground beetles today. I believe they are predators and want to know what would be good to feed them in captivity. Thanks!

Hi guys! I just caught a good amont of cool, large P. vulgare and wanted to know if I could use coconut fiber in place of the soil in their substrate, because I have a little coconut fiber right now, but I don't have any soil. I would still of course mix in some leaves and probably some...

Hey Everyone! I made a blog! :lol: I created it mainly for sharing pictures of my various pet insects. I started it off with the roaches who got me into the roach hobby, HISSERS! Hope you guys like it, Here's a link for my first post! :)...

Hi guys! :) I'm a bit worried because I got some springtails and dwarf purple isopods last week as the clean up crew for my E.lixa colony and I do not see any on the substrate. I started not seeing them after I mixed up the substrate. Could I have killed them or could they just be spending...

Hi everyone! I just received some very small Egyptian sand roach nymphs( about a couple millimeters long) and wanted to know if I can keep them in a small container that is slightly more than an inch deep? Also do I mix the dead leaves into the substrate or do I put a layer on the bottom of...

Hi everyone! I'm a little worried about my E.lixa colony. A couple roaches in the colony have been doing this weird liquidy poop that I noticed on the egg crates and the sides of the container. Also, I noticed this clear liquid with really small brown dots in it on the sides of the container...

Happy Easter roach hobbyist! :)

Hi Everyone! :) I recently had my final grapevine beetle pupa hatch ,so know I just have a container with dirt rotten wood and dead leaves in it. I noticed a lot of springtails running through the substrate, and wanted to know if these wild ones would be okay to put in a roach colony? I just...

Hi Everyone! I wanted to know if anyone has heard about yellowish-white liquid coming out of grapevine beetles' back side? I have two females and they both do that, just wanted to know if something was wrong with them or if it is normal. Thanks!

Hi Everyone, I recently colleced some dead oak leaves and I wanted to know how long I have to microwave them to kill any pests or fungus? Thanks!

Hi everybody! One of my three wild beetle pupae hatched and it turned out to be a Pelidnota punctate( Grapevine beetle). That means my other 2 pupae should be grapevines too because I found them close together under the same rotten log in my yard. It looks beautiful, and will look even more...

Hi Everyone! I purchased the 20 Qt/19 L gasket box sterilite container( it is 16 1/8" L x 11 1/4" W x 10 7/8" H) and I was wondering how many zebra roaches(eurycotis decipiens) could live in there without being to crowded? Thanks!

Hi Everone, I was wondering if you have clean up crews like springtails and isopods, how do you manage the substrate? Do you just not ever change the substrate? Do you try to collect up all the isopods and springtails before you change the substrate? Do you just have separate colonies of...

Hi! :) I was wondering if anybody knew how long strategus aloeus live as adults? Thanks!

Hello, I wanted to know if a steralite container lid would be secure enought to keep in Eurycotis sp. roaches, because I heard they need a good lid because they can climb over barriars. ,Thanks

Hi everyone :) I had a question, I wanted to know if I were to start a colony of roaches would I need a source of water like a little bowl with water in it or water crystals, or would they get enough water from eating fruits and vegetables? Thanks!

Hello everyone! :) My name is Joshua, I have known about this forum for a while but didn't actually start viewing it that much until a couple weeks ago. It looked really cool, so I decided to join a couple days ago! I have been keeping insects since 2013 when I got my first pet insects, which...