Florida Sand Cockroach, Arenivaga floridensis

[greatwun]

I’ve decided to sell a few of my Florida Sand Roach nymphs, Arenivaga floridensis. I have never seen this species for sale before. This species is endemic to Florida and is found in the dry scrub habitats along the ancient sand ridges. These specimens were collected from Highlands County, FL. I’ve collected a few nymphs and even fewer adults as these are bit difficult to dig and find. The adult females from this particular area exhibit two different color form which are the ‘normal’ and ‘white’ color forms (see pictures below). I have never seen the ‘white’ color form photographed before. It is difficult to tell which color form the nymphs will be as they are all born with the same gray coloration but some will become lighter with age and others will become darker.

I’m offering two sizes of nymphs for sale: small nymphs around 3-4 mm in size and medium sized nymphs around 6-9mm in size. Price is small nymphs for $3/each and medium nymphs for $5/each. I will ship the specimens in either a small or medium USPS flat rate boxes and all shipments will be sent with signature confirmation. I do not have any feedback here on the roach forum but I have sold many times on the beetle forum and you can check my feedback there under the feedback thread “Greatwun”. Feel free to ask any questions and thanks for looking!

Small Nymphs

Medium Nymphs:

"White" color adult female

'normal' color form adult female

Three adult females: 'White', 'Normal' and 'Intermediate' Color Forms

Adult Male

 

[greatwun]

Nymphs are gone but I may have some more available in the next few weeks.

 

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How long does it take to start a colony of these.