Anyone know about Archiblatta hoeveni?

Gsc

Gsc

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Does anyone know anything about Archiblatta hoeveni? I have only seen pics on one roach website... check out the pics (they are the 1st ones on the list):

http://www.minizoo.donetsk.ua/Roaches.html

I'm guessing that they have made it into the hands of a few european breeders...any ideas on when we may see them in the US? I love the long legs!!!!

Graham

 
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Does anyone know anything about Archiblatta hoeveni? I have only seen pics on one roach website... check out the pics (they are the 1st ones on the list):http://www.minizoo.donetsk.ua/Roaches.html

I'm guessing that they have made it into the hands of a few european breeders...any ideas on when we may see them in the US? I love the long legs!!!!

Graham
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As far as I can research it, two soviets, a polish guy, and possibly a guy in Denmark have them in very limited numbers. None for sale or trade, yet.

 
I have kept Archiblatta hoeveni, although not very successfully - the nymphs and adult females I had soon died! However, my friend Ian Abercrombie, has been very successful with keeping and breeding this spectacular species and has written a detailed article about how did it which will be published in issue 2 of the Blattodea Culture Group's full color journal Cockroach Studies, which is currently in press. For more information see http://www.blattodea-culture-group.org/node/801 and http://www.blattodea-culture-group.org/node/1181

Photos of an adult female and an ootheca can be viewed on my online catalogue of world cockroaches. To see them go here http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/Common/ed...chForTaxon.aspx, enter "hoeveni" in the "Name of taxon box", click Submit and then click the photo thumbnails.

Note that Ian no longer keeps this species, and as far as I know, no-one else in the UK has any either at the moment.

George Beccaloni

(Deputy Editor of Cockroach Studies)

 
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Thank you for the information.... Hmmm. To bad success has been limited with this species. Hopefully they will get established sooner or later... This gives me something new to ponder... Again- Thank you!

Graham

 
Archiblatta hoeveni? This is one species I would love to see in U.S. collections, mine in particular! I think it is a beautiful bug to be sure. If anyone ever imports them I would want to be first on thier customer list...!!!

 
well, if u happen to know some malayan lines, u will notice that they are not that hard to find in their natural habitat, however, importing WC animals should not be encouraged

 
There are severall BCG-Members in Germany,which has a small, but a successful culture at the moment. And of course, a detailed paper was printed in the last CS.

best regards

ingo

 
I bought three adults (one male and two females) on sunday...

I'll be very grateful for every suggestion about setup, temperature, humidity and food... :unsure:

and, of course, I'll post some pictures ASAP... ;)

 
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As promised...

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Those are some great photos! How big are your adults in millimeters? I imagine your main obstacle will be trying to get the oothecae to hatch. When you have eggcases try setting up at least two different hatching containers with high and medium humidity levels.

 
Question:

Have you had them long enough for any to molt? If so, did any molt wrong or harden off before fully out of its old skin? Did you find a way around this problem? The most difficulty with this species seems to be getting mis-shapen after a "bad molt", even with places to hang from...

:( :angry: :angry:

 
The two females are approximatively 60 mm bodylenght... the male is 50-55 mm

One has moulted after I bought them... without problems...

 
I succeeded in breeding.

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