MANIPULATOR

[Sphynx016]

This saddens me everyday literally everytime i think about i think why? just WHHYYYYYYYYYY DID THIS HAVE TO GO EXTINCT??????????? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[hibiscusmile]

its probably alive somewhere, as there are species being found all over the earth.

 

[Sticky]

What is it?

 

[happy1892]

What is it?

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150502-ancient-predatory-cockroach-found

 

[Sphynx016]

its manipulator modificaputis the prehistoric predatory roachid that might be a missing link between mantids and roaches

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

These guys are really cool, but bear in mind that they're only a few millimeters long and if they were alive today we'd probably take them completely for granted.

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

Besides, they didn't go extinct. They just evolved into something even cooler.

 

[happy1892]

These guys are really cool, but bear in mind that they're only a few millimeters long and if they were alive today we'd probably take them completely for granted.

I wouldn't take them for granted! A few millimeters long? Size of fruit flies? Sorry, I can't view the links about this roach and other animals (not even the link I posted above).

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

A bit bigger than fruit flies, about 4.5 millimeters. Still, how often do you think about how interesting it would be to keep damsel bugs or schizomids?

 

[happy1892]

A bit bigger than fruit flies, about 4.5 millimeters. Still, how often do you think about how interesting it would be to keep damsel bugs or schizomids?

Oh, okay. That is small. I like small roaches though, and these guys are like no other roachliving today correct? I'm not into true bugs much, but I like the weird Arachnids. A guy in the west is raising some Hubbardia at the moment, do you know of anyone else who is?

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

I stand corrected

 

[Sphynx016]

Besides, they didn't go extinct. They just evolved into something even cooler.

id say diverged rather but yeah and i know theyre a few millimeters but compared to other roacvhes they are just so damn cool! no offence to other roaches

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

I mean the general group it belongs to evolved. Not necessarily that particular species.

What I think is really neat is that cockroaches are the ancestors of both mantids and termites. I can't think of two groups of insects who's lifestyles are more different...

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

If you think manipulator's looks are really cool though, have a gander at the roach Archiblatta hoevenii:

http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/lumberjack8/imgs/5/1/51eb460f.jpg

Not in the u.s hobby as of yet, but at least not extinct.

 

[Sphynx016]

i know about it but dont think its as cool but yeah there was a point when i wanted it

 

[Hisserdude]

If you think manipulator's looks are really cool though, have a gander at the roach Archiblatta hoevenii:

http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/lumberjack8/imgs/5/1/51eb460f.jpg

Not in the u.s hobby as of yet, but at least not extinct.

Yes, these have been at the top of my wishlist for quite some time! Someone needs to get some in the US hobby!