Alan's roach thread

[Brunneria]

Wanted to share pics of the roaches I currently breed

Paranauphoeta discoidalis

Nauphoeta cinerea. This species got me into the roach hobby. lol

To be continued...

 

[Brunneria]

Rhabdoblatta formosana

Epilampra maya

 

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Gyna centurio

Gyna capucina

 

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Gyna lurida "yellow"

Gyna caffrorum

 

[Hisserdude]

Oooo, love the look of those P.discoidalis, great pics as usual!

 

[Brunneria]

Oooo, love the look of those P.discoidalis, great pics as usual!

Thanks It's one of my fav. so far!

 

[Brunneria]

Gromphadorhina portentosa

Gromphadorhina oblongonota

 

[Brunneria]

Eublaberus sp. "Ivory"

Blaberus craniifer "UCR"

 

[Brunneria]

Blaberus fusca

Blaberus discoidalis (WC from FL. Was really cool to see these in the wild)

 

[Brunneria]

Blaberus atropos "Florida"

Blaberus colosseus "Peru"

 

[Hisserdude]

Hey Alan,

Just wondering what size cage do you use for your Rhabdoblatta formosana, and what do you use as hides? My guys really like TP rolls, but they chew through them too fast.

 

[Brunneria]

Hey Alan,

Just wondering what size cage do you use for your Rhabdoblatta formosana, and what do you use as hides? My guys really like TP rolls, but they chew through them too fast.

I use 58 qt storage box I bought from walmart with vaselined lined on the wall to prevent escape. I have a large piece of bark in there along with loads of leaves (they eat so much leaves!).

 

[Hisserdude]

58 qt!!?!? Dang, I have them in a 27 qt bin, do you think they'll outgrow it? Yeah, I got a bunch of small pieces of bark with lots of leaves, hopefully that will suffice.

 

[Brunneria]

58 qt!!?!? Dang, I have them in a 27 qt bin, do you think they'll outgrow it? Yeah, I got a bunch of small pieces of bark with lots of leaves, hopefully that will suffice.

Considering how prolific they are they might become overcrowded. If that happens you can either sell them for cheap price or you can use them as feeders

 

[Hisserdude]

Ok, thank you very much for the advice!

 

[Krissim Klaw]

Those Gyna centurio are ridiculously cute.

 

[Hisserdude]

Hey, just wondering how are your Paranauphoeta discoidalis doing? Are they prolific?

 

[Brunneria]

Hey, just wondering how are your Paranauphoeta discoidalis doing? Are they prolific?

I've lost my entire colony by a weird fungal disease so I had to get a new batch about a month ago. I'm hoping to see babies from this batch. 

 

[Hisserdude]

I've lost my entire colony by a weird fungal disease so I had to get a new batch about a month ago. I'm hoping to see babies from this batch. 

Yikes, talk about bad luck. Hope this next batch does better for you!