RenOfTheRoaches
Third Instar
Good Evening Everyone!
My name is Hannon, though when I first started on here, some of you may have known me as Ren, hence my rather outdated handle. In any case, I was away for a while to take care of myself and my family, but now I have more time and energy and I wanted to re-join in the forum fun. I had such fun here years ago, so I came here to see if the forum was still there and I'm happy to see it is! So, here's a bit about me:
- I've kept roaches for probably half a decade now, but my love of keeping bugs goes back to childhood.
- I've kept TONS of species, and honestly, it's been such a crazy two years that I don't remember some so by no means is this list exhaustive. I've kept Hissers (My fave, multiple types/colors/species and genera), Dubia, Eublaberus (Many types), Blaberus (Many types), Therea sp., A. methanoides, Simandoans (Love them!), smaller blatta or periplaneta (3 varieties of American Roaches) and Turkistans (Though I hear they've moved genus these days? Same as American Roaches I believe?). I also have had cloaked sun roaches, taiwanese assassin mimics, and a good few others. I was really nuts about it for a bit there haha. I guess I'd consider myself an experience handler by now, but there are many genera I've never kept and don't know much about. I hope to expand my knowledge of them in the future. Apologies for switching between common and scientific names; I couldn't remember the common for one or the scientific for the other.
- I do keep one or two feeder varieties nearly exclusively for that purpose; it's almost always dubia but these days I actually find my Bearded Dragon prefers glowspot roaches so I feed those often. I feed them to my Beardie and my Pink Toe Tarantula (Rarely, mostly easier prey to get into her web area).
- Currently, I only have a few enclosures as I have had less free time the past few years. These are L. subcinta, E. posticus, E. serranus, E. sp. ivory, and also a few mealworm and superworm friends that I put in for cleaners and for feeding my spider. They're just a part of the family now so I count them even if they're not roaches.
I apologize for not remembering the other species but I had so many and it's been a minute. If I had to pick a favorite thing about roaches it would be their cuteness! I think they're so adorable, especially their little faces.
Well, outside of roaches, I'm a big gamer, history nerd, fan of paleontology, foodie & cooking obsessed, language fanatic, HUGE music listener of all types, and co-owner of a small business! That's just a bit about me.
Don't know if that post was too long, but I like giving full answers. In any case, I hope you all have a great day and let me know some of your fave roach species in the replies!
Nice to meet you all!
My name is Hannon, though when I first started on here, some of you may have known me as Ren, hence my rather outdated handle. In any case, I was away for a while to take care of myself and my family, but now I have more time and energy and I wanted to re-join in the forum fun. I had such fun here years ago, so I came here to see if the forum was still there and I'm happy to see it is! So, here's a bit about me:
- I've kept roaches for probably half a decade now, but my love of keeping bugs goes back to childhood.
- I've kept TONS of species, and honestly, it's been such a crazy two years that I don't remember some so by no means is this list exhaustive. I've kept Hissers (My fave, multiple types/colors/species and genera), Dubia, Eublaberus (Many types), Blaberus (Many types), Therea sp., A. methanoides, Simandoans (Love them!), smaller blatta or periplaneta (3 varieties of American Roaches) and Turkistans (Though I hear they've moved genus these days? Same as American Roaches I believe?). I also have had cloaked sun roaches, taiwanese assassin mimics, and a good few others. I was really nuts about it for a bit there haha. I guess I'd consider myself an experience handler by now, but there are many genera I've never kept and don't know much about. I hope to expand my knowledge of them in the future. Apologies for switching between common and scientific names; I couldn't remember the common for one or the scientific for the other.
- I do keep one or two feeder varieties nearly exclusively for that purpose; it's almost always dubia but these days I actually find my Bearded Dragon prefers glowspot roaches so I feed those often. I feed them to my Beardie and my Pink Toe Tarantula (Rarely, mostly easier prey to get into her web area).
- Currently, I only have a few enclosures as I have had less free time the past few years. These are L. subcinta, E. posticus, E. serranus, E. sp. ivory, and also a few mealworm and superworm friends that I put in for cleaners and for feeding my spider. They're just a part of the family now so I count them even if they're not roaches.
I apologize for not remembering the other species but I had so many and it's been a minute. If I had to pick a favorite thing about roaches it would be their cuteness! I think they're so adorable, especially their little faces.
Well, outside of roaches, I'm a big gamer, history nerd, fan of paleontology, foodie & cooking obsessed, language fanatic, HUGE music listener of all types, and co-owner of a small business! That's just a bit about me.
Don't know if that post was too long, but I like giving full answers. In any case, I hope you all have a great day and let me know some of your fave roach species in the replies!
Nice to meet you all!
