Collecting Roaches

That is not what being a collector means. If I stumble upon something interesting it is always research first, and then if there are extras due to breeding they can go to academic institutions or into the hobby if anyone is interested.
I see the term "collector" more as someone who collects everything, like stamp-collecting. That is not what I do (unless I am hired by a natural history museum to survey an area, in which case everything collected is killed and preserved for the museum). Most of the time I am VERY selective.

 
wizentrop said:
That is not what being a collector means. If I stumble upon something interesting it is always research first, and then if there are extras due to breeding they can go to academic institutions or into the hobby if anyone is interested.
I see the term "collector" more as someone who collects everything, like stamp-collecting. That is not what I do (unless I am hired by a natural history museum to survey an area, in which case everything collected is killed and preserved for the museum). Most of the time I am VERY selective.
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Oh I see, I've always viewed a "collector" as someone who gathers animals and imports them(Legally), either for personal amusement or for the hobby. You can collect one species or many, it doesn't matter in my eyes.

In my opinion what you describe yourself as looks more like a taxidermist/taxonomist to me... Kill animals for scientific purposes. (That sounds harsh, but it's NOT meant to be)

 
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Another method you can use is setting out several cardboard boxes and checking them every once in a while. I find Parcoblatta this way and when I was in FL I was able to find some interested Ectobiids and even Periplaneta nymphs by checking cardboard boxes laying on the ground. 

 
Cariblatta lutea said:
Another method you can use is setting out several cardboard boxes and checking them every once in a while. I find Parcoblatta this way and when I was in FL I was able to find some interested Ectobiids and even Periplaneta nymphs by checking cardboard boxes laying on the ground. 
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Broken down boxes or intact? I've found Periplaneta seem to not like hides that are flush with the ground, while the Surinames could care less. Bark slabs seems to work the best with Periplaneta, and coconuts being a second favorite.

@Cariblatta lutea I want updated pics of your pestiferous and semi pestiferous species, they need more representing here. :P

Also @Hisserdude says you deliberately infested your home with P. australasiae and P. fuliginosa, do tell us the story again. :D

 
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Tleilaxu said:
Broken down boxes or intact? I've found Periplaneta seem to not like hides that are flush with the ground, while the Surinames could care less. Bark slabs seems to work the best with Periplaneta, and coconuts being a second favorite.

@Cariblatta lutea I want updated pics of your pestiferous and semi pestiferous species, they need more representing here. :P

Also @Hisserdude says you deliberately infested your home with P. australasiae and P. fuliginosa, do tell us the story again. :D
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Usually I found them in broken boxes that has degraded a bit, though some species (like Latiblattella rehni) seem to like intact boxes more than soggy degraded boxes. 

I've not been posting pics much here lately bc whenever I post new pics on my FB the links for my old pics no longer work so I have to update the posts on here to make the pics visible again. 

P. fuliginosa naturally occurs at my place and occasionally comes in from outdoors. I used to raise large number of beetles so I had a box full of substrates and rotten woods, and those darn Periplanetas were feeding off of those and breeding in there -_-  They also got into my Blaberus containers and started breeding. It took about a year to get rid of them from my house but now I have Supella longipalpa breeding here :(

 
Well I've made a "trap" based off of small cardboard boxes. Basically I've cut holes in the sides and placed some food in there, I've used domino's pizza boxes that they send their stuffed cheese bread and lava cakes in. And a blood sacrifice, as I cut myself in the process. :D

We will see if it takes advantage of the suggestions listed here, coupled with food.

On an off note, I've caught 3 Ozzie's just in general areas, bringing my total to 8 nymphs, which is enough, now I can relax, and hopefully with increased numbers they will become more active.

One of these nymphs is really tiny lol.

@Cariblatta lutea @Hisserdude

 
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Tleilaxu said:
Well I've made a "trap" based off of small cardboard boxes. Basically I've cut holes in the sides and placed some food in there, I've used domino's pizza boxes that they send their stuffed cheese bread and lava cakes in. And a blood sacrifice, as I cut myself in the process. :D

We will see if it takes advantage of the suggestions listed here, coupled with food.

On an off note, I've caught 3 Ozzie's just in general areas, bringing my total to 8 nymphs, which is enough, now I can relax, and hopefully with increased numbers they will become more active.

One of these nymphs is really tiny lol.

@Cariblatta lutea @Hisserdude
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Cool, sounds creative! Hope you can attract some cool critters! :D

 
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