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Hi all, I'm looking for some roach stats. I'm mostly finding dimensions, but I would also like information on weight of Periplaneta americana, Blattella germanica, and Blaberus discoidalis. Thanks in advance if anyone has some estimates or data here. I added Eublaberus posticus to the title so...

Hi all, I do behavioral research with cockroaches. I've had some more research opportunities lately than I expected, so I am in need of more roaches. We collect healthy adult roaches from the main colony, train them to do things like learn to associate an odor with food. Once trained, the...

Hi all, I do research in animal behavior. I just finalized my first publication with cockroaches and wanted to share. See: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/4/339 The article is open access, so its free for everyone. To give a simple summary, we studied the tendency of orange head cockroaches...

Hi all, I have a student doing a project on the disturbance hiss in what are probably hybrid G. portentosa ish hissers. For part of this project, we want to know what causes the most disturbance hisses, or what is mostly likely to consistently produce the hiss behavior. The scientific...

Dr. Darby Proctor, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Florida Institute of Technology has recently started using cockroaches to teach principles of psychology and neuroscience. Article and video below...

Hi all, it has been a while, but I am making progress. It took forever for my lab to be ready. They had to pull out carpet, add tile, and paint the walls. The space is nice, but a little small and oddly shaped. I searched hard for a rack to jam in this weird little corner, and I found one that...

I've noticed my orange heads react to my red flashlight, mostly when it is moving. They react much more strongly to a white light of course. Other species I have kept do not react to this light. Has anyone noticed this with other species? I'll have to try some other red lights too. Perhaps this...

Hi bug friends. I recently finished my phd in animal behavior, accepted an assistant professor position, and I'm starting up my new animal behavior lab. And guess what that means? More bugs! I will be looking into getting some bumblebees later, but for now I want a better setup for my...

Hi all, Last October I ordered a few banana roaches from roach crossing. It took me a bit to figure out their husbandry, but after some initial tinkering they started doing very well. And now they are very numerous. I'm honestly not sure how many hundreds of roaches there are. I love flipping...

Hello all, I've been lurking for a good while, but haven't gotten around to introducing myself yet. I am a behaviorist/zoologist/comparative psychologist. I do some research in invertebrate learning and behavior, and I also use them sometimes for classroom demonstrations. My advisor...