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Today I received this on the mail and my jaw just dropped.  1 female of Perisphaerus sp. from China, Hainan Island, Jianfeng Mountains. I knew I was getting a big version of Perisphaerus... But never imagined it would be so big.  The giant adult female is 26mm long while Perisphaerus...

Instead of keep doing separate threads, I decided to combine everything into just one and keep doing posts as my videos come out.  Diploptera punctata , the Pacific Beetle Mimic Roach

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My colony has started to produced these differently sized wings and with different patterns. (So far I only found 3 or 4 of them). Has anyone ever seen or experienced anything like this before?

My first Ectobiid species under my care and a local species I have recently found. http://www.thewildmartin.com/blog/conservation-of-macau-wildlife

Discovery of the second Asian Holocompsa species from China Lu Qiu,Zong-Qing Wang &Yan-Li Che 

Hello Everybody, seems I forgot to write about these... I finally got hold of a small batch of nymphs of Therea regularis, 16 of them! And it seems I was lucky enough to get one molting into an adult female during transportation. Hope you are as delighted as I am by their looks Photo of Adult...

Last new colony of the year 2020 has arrived - Diploptera puntacta  Nymph Photos Quite excited for this species. I really love when roaches mimic other insects! First things I have noticed: 1 - the musky smell inside the box. Not sure if the smell is from the release of any defensive...

Yesterday received another 16/17 Yamato roach nymphs (Periplaneta japonica) from the same seller. I thought that 10 nymphs were not enough for a starter colony. So, lets hope for a steady growth!  One thing I am noticed again and again is that, although looking similar to red runners (as...

This weekend I received 10 small nymphs of Periplaneta japonica. This is my first Periplaneta species. I was always very fearful of jumping into Periplaneta because of their looks, speed, climbing abilities, etc... but after receiving these beauties, I think I was mistaken. Images They are...

Dear all,  Should you be interested in reading the captioned reference paper, please access the my google drive link down below: PDF DOCUMENT Regards, Martin

Sorry for the constant updates 😅 but I like to post as things happen.  15th September 2020 was the day the second female extruded her ootheca. And today 12th October 2020, 27 days later, she gave birth to beautiful younglings! Second batch of nymphs that this colony produced. 🥳 I suspect I...

Today I re-housed my Perisphaerus colony into the same type of enclosure but with a different soil mixture (before was just cocofiber, this time i added up clay and some sand and peat, to try to retain more humidity) and a nice cork background.  I like how the background has some moss filaments...

I have been keeping a Blatta lateralis colony for 1 year now.  The colony when it arrived, it came with few beetles of lesser mealworms. I kept them together inside the same bin. The colony thrived ! Both species did quite well. And i had absolutely no smell whatsoever. I kept them inside a big...

Hi!  This is my report on a finding of an unidentified Perisphaerus sp. from South China, more specifically Macau Special Administrative Region (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau). 1st March 2020, during one of my night anting (looking for ant queens), i found two small isopod looking...

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