ISO Blaberus colosseus "Peru"

RobertJFishing

RobertJFishing

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Hello all. I am currently on the hunt for Blaberus colosseus "Peru" to start a small colony as pets. I have been striking out everywhere I search it seems. 

If you dont have these and have something similar with easier care requirements than B. giganteus please let me know. I am looking for large Blaberus roaches in particular as they just look fantastic in my opinion. 

 
I no longer have B. colosseus "peru",but I obtained B. colosseus "Ecuador" last fall. Not sure the difference between the two, but unfortunately have only larger nymphs I'm hoping I can get to mature and reproduce. None available at the moment, but I have other Blaberus sp. As well as some other larger roach species. 

 
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RobertJFishing said:
Hello all. I am currently on the hunt for Blaberus colosseus "Peru" to start a small colony as pets. I have been striking out everywhere I search it seems. 

If you dont have these and have something similar with easier care requirements than B. giganteus please let me know. I am looking for large Blaberus roaches in particular as they just look fantastic in my opinion. 
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I have a group of smaller Blaberus colosseus "Peru" nymphs that I'm growing up to breed,  so I should have some available hopefully in the next 8 months maybe. I got mine from Kyle Kandilian of Roach Crossing just so you know in case he comes back to the internet again before mine breed for me.

I currently have Blaberus craniifer "Orin McMonigle" as well as Archimandrita tesselata available as far as similar roaches go. 

 
All About Arthropods said:
I have a group of smaller Blaberus colosseus "Peru" nymphs that I'm growing up to breed,  so I should have some available hopefully in the next 8 months maybe. I got mine from Kyle Kandilian of Roach Crossing just so you know in case he comes back to the internet again before mine breed for me.

I currently have Blaberus craniifer "Orin McMonigle" as well as Archimandrita tesselata available as far as similar roaches go. 
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I sent Kyle an email weeks ago and still have no response. Everyone else is out or just has nymphs for their own projects. I have been considering Archimandrita tesselata but am unsure how similar their care is compared to dubia for instance. I don't want to take on far too much more work than I currently have with two Pyxie frogs, a Pacman, a rattlesnake, cat, dog and around 100 different species of ant starter colonies lol. 

 
RobertJFishing said:
I sent Kyle an email weeks ago and still have no response. Everyone else is out or just has nymphs for their own projects. I have been considering Archimandrita tesselata but am unsure how similar their care is compared to dubia for instance. I don't want to take on far too much more work than I currently have with two Pyxie frogs, a Pacman, a rattlesnake, cat, dog and around 100 different species of ant starter colonies lol. 
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Yeah, unfortunately you never know when he'll start responding again. 

Archimandrita are pretty easy, they mostly just require more space than the average roach for both a deep substrate and some vertically-oriented bark for the sub-adults to molt to adulthood on and for the adults to perch on. They're really not much more work than any other roach once set up.

Dang, that's a lot of ants! :o  

 
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