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Are these easy to keep/breed? I hear that they take a looooong time to mature, but I can deal with that. Do they like it dry or moist? Thanks in advance!

I caught a cockroach, which i presume is a Parcoblatta sp. It was immature when i caught it. It molted once, and turned into an adult female. Months later, i open the cage to feed her, and by the food bowl is an ootheca! I dug through the substrate and found 2 more. What i don't understand is...

Will mealworms eat bird seed? And can they live without any moisture? Thanks in advance!

Hi, I wrote on another forum, (Beetle forum), about my roly polys excessively dying off. They have stopped now, but there are so few left, and no young have been produced yet. I don't know if they can bounce back to a healthy colony, so I was wondering if I should bring in some WC roly polys to...

does anyone keep these? if so, could you post some pics? i am very interested in this species and hope to get some in a few months. and what are their care requirements? thanks in advance! :D

How do you guys heat your roaches? I understand that many roaches need high temperatures to breed, and I don't know how I would heat them, besides setting the whole house to 85 Farenhiet. Thanks in advance !

What kind of isopods do you guys keep? I keep: Armadillidim vulgare, Oniscus asellus, Porcellionides pruinosus, Cylisticus convexus, and a container containing 1 Porcellio scaber, 1 Trachelipus rathkii, and one very pregnant unknown sp. I will post some pics soon. See ya! :D

Does anybody know if there are any non-pest cockroaches in Idaho? I have been looking and have found no roaches in Idaho ( not even "pest" species! ) thanks in advance!

Happy new years! I want to thank you all, I would not know nearly as much about roaches As I do now without you guys. All of you have been really helpful, and very kind. I could not ask for better friends than you lot! :D What new year goals do you guys have? My goal is to start successfully...

What's the best polyphagid for the beginner? I have the money to buy some roaches and I really want a polyphagid. Thanks in advance!

Happy birthday Peter, and happy holidays! :D

I was not able to get roaches for Xmas but i hope to get some for my birthday. I am interested In polyphagids cause lots of them breed at room temp. But how do I incubate the oothaca? Can I leave them with the adults? Can they hatch at room temputure? What moisture levels fo the oothaca like...

Has Rhabdoblatta yayeyamana been bred with success? And if so, is it easy to breed? I love that they are semi aquatic, it is a behavior I have not heard of in cockroaches. Thanks in advance!

I want to breed roaches, but I do not own a heater. Are there any roaches that are good for a beginner to breed and can breed at room temperature? Thanks in advance!

So i have been keeping a small colony of dusky sap beetles on a diet of fruit ( apples, cherries, peaches and bananas ) and I now have f2 larva. About five days ago these largish mites showed up. Still to small to get a picture of them on my camera, but 5 times larger than grain mites. There...

i have a question, i joined beetle forum a week ago, and i am still validating. i replied to the email they sent me. does anybody know how long it takes, or did i do somthing wrong? thanks in advance. :)

he was my first cockroach, a madagascan hisser, he is the roach that is my avatar. i got him three years ago, as an unexpected present from my grandfather. i had been wanting one for years, so i was stoked that he had got me one. he was slow and old, no one knew how old he was when we got him...

Hi everyone! I have not been on the forum for a while, I'm glad to be back! I caught a small click beetle and I do not know how to keep it. It's a dark brown and hairy. Any care info would be helpful! Thanks In advance!!!

What do you recommend as the best invertebrate pet after roaches? I'm looking for an inexpensive, easy to care for, and unusual-looking invertebrate. (I'm not a breeder, I keep them as pets.)

I'm going to be acquiring these soon and I was wondering about their care. Do they need to eat rotten leaves, as I've heard some places? Or is it okay to feed them just like normal roaches? Are they as easy to take care of as hissers? Can they be housed with coconut fiber substrate? Thanks...