AAA's Swarm

[BringontheBugs]

How's it going everyone? 

Long time no post! School has finally swept past me once again for this year and so my focus can now shift back to the roaches (as if it wasn't already somewhat lol). I plan to get the photoshoots going soon so I can get some more pictures slapped up here and build up this thread. However, one development in my collection that there's no need waiting to supply pictures for is that I'm now officially hisserless!  The allergies were just getting too bad for me and I wasn't doing particularly great with the species I had, so I just decided to sell them all off to a trusted breeder. Even though this is technically supposed to be a thread representing my current collection, I say why not share some pictures here of some absolutely gorgeous roaches I may never own again. 

Here it goes:

Elliptorhina laevigata​

Adult male(s)​

Freshly-molted adult male​

Adult females​

Large nymph(s)​

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Gromphadorhina grandidieri​

Adult male​

Adult female​

Larger nymph​

Small nymphs​

Individuals attempting to hide​

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Gromphadorhina grandidieri/Elliptorhina laevigata​

Adult male comparison (G.grandidieri left, E.laevigata right)​

Adult male comparison (E.laevigata left, G.grandidieri right)​

Besides these two hisser species, I also had Gromphadorhina oblongonota, but unfortunately didn't manage to get pictures of them before shipping them away. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed what I did have to show and be sure to stay tuned for more pictures from my drastically-enlarged collection!

 

[MantisGirl13]

I'm glad school's over too! I never though I'd say this before I got into the insect hobby, but those are some beautiful roaches!

- MantisGirl13

 

[BringontheBugs]

I'm glad school's over too! I never though I'd say this before I got into the insect hobby, but those are some beautiful roaches!

- MantisGirl13

Yea, plus it signals the time when nature comes alive again and all the inverts reveal themselves!

They really are; it made it hard to give them up, but ultimately that was the best course of action for both them and myself. 

 

[MantisGirl13]

Yea, plus it signals the time when nature comes alive again and all the inverts reveal themselves!

They really are; it made it hard to give them up, but ultimately that was the best course of action for both them and myself. 

Ya! And it's the time of year when I don't have to buy mantis food! I can just find my own! 

Ya, you made the best decision I guess!

- MantisGirl13

 

[BringontheBugs]

Ya! And it's the time of year when I don't have to buy mantis food! I can just find my own! 

Exactly! lol I remember when all I had were a couple mantids and I'd just go out in my yard every couple days with a cheap, dollar store net and snag a few flies. Very different from how things are now, but nonetheless, great memories! 

 

[MantisGirl13]

Exactly! lol I remember when all I had were a couple mantids and I'd just go out in my yard every couple days with a cheap, dollar store net and snag a few flies. Very different from how things are now, but nonetheless, great memories! 

I did the same thing! I remember how darn hard it was to catch anything in those dollar tree nets because they were too short for any use! That was when I only had three Chinese. Now, well over fifty mantids make it imperative that I breed my own roaches and catch moths and flies for hours during the summer.

I agree, great memories! 

- MantisGirl13

 

[BringontheBugs]

Symploce morsei​

Adult(s)​

Adult male with orange pronotum​

Large nymph(s)​

Medium-sized nymph​

Small nymphs​

Small to medium-sized nymphs​

 

[BringontheBugs]

Schultesia lampyridiformis​

Adults​

Large nymphs​

Small nymphs​

Individuals of various life stages​

 

[MantisGirl13]

Those adult roaches are so neat looking! 

- MantisGirl13

 

[BringontheBugs]

Those adult roaches are so neat looking! 

- MantisGirl13

Thanks, I think so too! Very good at mimicking the fireflies from their native range. 

 

[BringontheBugs]

Platyarthrus aiasensis​

Larger individuals​

Smaller individuals​

 

[BringontheBugs]

Porcellio scaber "Orange Koi"​

Larger individuals​

Smaller individuals​

Mixed-size individuals​

 

[MantisGirl13]

So pretty! I love the mottled orange and white!

- MantisGirl13

 

[BringontheBugs]

So pretty! I love the mottled orange and white!

- MantisGirl13

Thanks! I concur; they have to be the most beautiful scaber morph in my collection, maybe even in the hobby! 

 

[BringontheBugs]

Porcellio scaber "Piebald"​

Medium-sized to large individuals (note the amount/placement of piebalding can change during the lifetime and individuals usually have to be 1/3 grown before they show any)​

Pregnant female (note the marsupium on her stomach)​

 

[MantisGirl13]

That's neat how one species can be different colors like that! I

- MantisGirl13

 

[BringontheBugs]

That's neat how one species can be different colors like that! I

- MantisGirl13

No question! Morphs are arguably the best part of the isopod hobby. 

 

[BringontheBugs]

Armadillidium vulgare "Orange Vigor"​

Larger individuals​

Smaller individuals​

Mixed-size individuals​

 

[MantisGirl13]

Wow! I love the gold markings!

- MantisGirl13

 

[BringontheBugs]

Wow! I love the gold markings!

- MantisGirl13

Sounds like you might need to start keeping some isopods.