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Hiya, you guys :) So uh... I just actually witnessed two of my A. tesselata males (in my males-only box) try to mate with each other. I actually caught some of them dancing for the other males before, but usually the other party would attack the presenting male. This time, though, the males...

Helloo :) I know this is probably the ultimate newbie-idiot question, but how long does a mating pair stay connected by their butts after mating? (I really tried to find information myself, first, but German Google was less than helpful...) One of my A. tesselats female and the newly...

Hey guys, I am starting this topic for a friend who doesn't have an account on here. So, my friend keeps hissers and added a few Archimandrita tesselata nymphs and adults from a local insect convention to her collection. She just messaged me in a panic because one of the supposedly...

Hello, long time no see (as I was and still am studying for several biology exams) :) I was wondering about how the mating process is initiated in roaches. Shortly before I got my A. tesselatas, a year ago, I read the female signals the males her readiness for mating. But more often than not...

Hey guys :) One of my male A. tesselata nymphs molted into adulthood yesterday. Sadly one of his wings got caught up in the old skin and tore mostly off. I've set him up in a small bin so he can hopefully recover in peace, but I noticed he wiggles his abdomen up and down when I carefully...

Hi guys :) I need your input about the behaviour of one of my newer adult females. So in the last few weeks four nymphs molted into adult females. For two of them things went as usual. The other two apparently got startled into hiding before they stretched their wings. I noticed that one of...

Hey guys, long time no see :) Guys, I am a bit worried about one of my female A. tesselata nymphs. She is in the process of her final molt, but it's taking quite some time (I believe). She's been at it for about 9 hours now. Is this an "acceptable" duration or should I be worried (they...

Hey, you guys :) I have a question that is probably a stupid one. I noticed on several occasions wet spots on the egg cartons that I have in my enclosues. Now, I know roaches don't really pee but defecate their waste out. I mostly saw the wet spots after the dominant male had chased away a...

Hi guys :) So I am planning on setting up new boxes for my roaches. The old boxes need cleaning! My mother bought me some of those blocks that make substrate when put in water. They are coco fibre/chips blocks and I used one of them experimentally. Now I am unsure if the coco fibre is suited...

Hello! I am sorry if this is the incorrect section for my question, but since it kinda has to do with molting I thought to try my luck here :) Anyway, two days ago a male nymph [Norbert] molted into adulthood and is still not completely colored in (he's very light brown as of right now). On...

Hi guys :) I am coming to you with a sad suspicion. I think one of my females has a prolapse. It looks like a little yellow-ish bubble sticking out of the end of her abdomen. One of my other roach ladies had the same problem and died rather soon after. So... I just want to be prepared I...

Good evening :) I noticed an interesting, different behaviour in a recently molted adult female ("Rosie" is her name). She seems to be less than thrilled about my original male's advances. She gets very defensive whenever he tries to make a move on her and I think Rosie even attacks him (if...

Good evening :) I am in the process of setting up a new box for my Archimandritas and... I am quite embarrassed to say... noticed that I apparently got mites in their current box. The mites are mostly in their food bowl, sitting in the dry food. This angers me, as I tried a lot of tricks to...

Hey you guys :) (Sorry for so many newbie questions) I am in the process of setting up a new enclosure for my A. tesselatas, as their old box needs cleaning. I read in seceral places that some people go out and just grab a bag full of leafs and some wood (oak was recommended) from parks or...

Good evening :) Today after coming home from uni, I found that one nymph has apparently taken quite the beating. He had lost his left front foot shortly after his last molt already and now lost the tibia and tarsus of another leg on his left side. My question:  Can roaches regenerate limbs...

Good day :) One of my nymph of A. tesselata just molted into adulthood. The thing is, I thought all my almost-adult nymphs were female, but the shed skin heavily implies it was actually a male that molted. I had to separate my other two males recently... so my question is: Would an all-male...

Good evening! Today what I was dreading actually happened - I woke up to my two adult males (one being my original male and the other being rather freshly molted) fighting with each other. I know they do fight on occasion but it still looked so brutal! Since the new male seemed kinda shy and...

Hello you guys :) My name's Pia and I am 23 years old.  I live in Germany, where I study Biology and, mostly by coincidence, started to keep Archimandrita tesselata (Giant Peppered Roach) in May. I came here and made an account since the number of german forums for cockroaches is rather...

Good evening :) I have a question regarding oothecas of Archimandrita tesselata. One of my younger adult females did the whole process of pushing her (first ever) ootheca out of her body to retract it again. But the thing is, about 1 centimetre of the ootheca is still sticking out of her. Is...