predatory like modern cave dweller roach

[Sphynx016]

very cool looking roach nocticola flabella a troglobite looks predatory but supposedly eat biofilm according to the one and only kyle

. Anyways,i heard that genetically and other traits these roaches are a possible missing link to roaches and mantids due to them not containing the same bacteria as other roaches and gluing ootheca rather than dropping it .like a mantis .

 

[Sphynx016]

my favorite insects next to mantids

 

[Salmonsaladsandwich]

Maybe they didn't go extinct after all! Lol

 

[Orin]

Few people have observed live animals from this genus but the oothecae observed are still held by the female which means they are not formed cemented to surfaces like mantids.

http://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/A%20NEW%20CAVE-DWELLING%20COCKROACH%20FROM%20WESTERN%20AUSTRALIA%20(BLATTARIA%20NOCTICOLIDAE).pdf

 

[Sphynx016]

i literally couldnt find any other documents on it so thanks although i did read somewhere that they do cement but probably not this specific type

 

[Hisserdude]

Well they probably still glue the oothecae to a surface like some roaches, just after it is already hardened. I saw these in the "Guide to the Cockroaches of Australia", i love the fact that only the mouth-parts and the genitalia are sceloritized. Never thought they might be predatory. Does Kyle have these?!

 

[Sphynx016]

sadly no he only has access to the species in universities and this species isnt in the hobby.he also deoesnt have a permit to globally trade

 

[Hisserdude]

Ah, I figured that was the case. Australia is very strict about their exports.

 

[Orin]

Well they probably still glue the oothecae to a surface like some roaches..

Yes, and that would be like cockroaches, not like mantids.

 

[Hisserdude]

Yes, and that would be like cockroaches, not like mantids.

Exactly.