My new hobby (image heavy)

[andy26129]

Pff those bugs are nothing, rare my butt, I got myself a Lv 2 Caterpie.

 

[Rydian]

The day I learned the american cockroach could fly (firsthand) was a day I lived in fear.

 

[Myke]

a couple of metallyticus violaceus videos I made also my sybilla pretiosa molted to adult today.

showing mobility of the m violaceus on bark


m. violaceus threat post


s. pretiosa adult male

 

[Myke]

woohoo Some photos I took of my mantises are going to be published in a mantis rearing and breeding book that's going to be coming out in a few months =)

 

[Myke]

okay not really mantids...but some of my other pets. these three are new aquisitions.

tokay gecko

costa rican zebra tarantula

2 red eyed tree frogs (so cute!)

I also own 3 long tailed grass lizards (one baby), 2 leopard geckos, 2 crested geckos, 1 dumpy tree frog, 6 fire belly toads, 2 guinea pigs, 1 bearded dragon, 2 fish tanks.
for feeder animals I breed/culture: 4 species of roaches, crickets occasionally, mealworms, fruit flies (hidey and melanogaster), houseflies, and blue bottle flies.

 

[Rydian]

How big do you let the roaches get? I swear I just killed one in my room* that was an inch and a half long, but I assume those are full-grown and some of the smaller species might have trouble eating one?


* - The back door is a few inches away from my bedroom door, and since the temperature's nice people are leaving that door open, so my room's been buggy...

 

[Myke]

did it have wings? adults have wings. nymphs don.t but they can get that big. my dubias can reach 2-1/2 to 3 inches, the red head tanzanian stay at 3/4" to 1" as adults, the lobster roaches are about 1 1/2" to 1 3/4" and my banana roaches are 1" to 1 1/4" as adults

 

[Rydian]

Apparently I can't guess sizes... pulled out a ruler, it's about 2.5 inches, and yeah they can fly (the fact that they fly is what caused me to go measure). Those things are huge, man.

 

[Myke]

yeah those are probably standard american cock roaches. not sure though. you are in Virginia so you guys have gnarly bugs.
metallyticus splendidus
a bit out of focus sorry

 

[Rydian]

Yeah they're the american cockroaches I was referencing in an earlier post of mine. The first one that flew at my friend and I still haunts our dreams...

And holy crap, I had a stinkbug infestation one time. That was not fun.

 

[Myke]

hypsocorypha better pic and violaceus better pic

 

[RodrigoDavy]

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[Myke]

you guys have lots and LOTs of different roaches in brazil. Here is what my roaches look like:

Panchlora Nivea, or Banana roaches. so pretty.

Oxyhaloa Duesta or Tanzanian red head roach

naupheta cinerea or Lobster Roaches

Blaptica dubia aka dubia roach/ orange spotted roach/ guyana spotted roach
male

after a fresh molt (so pretty! I wish roaches could stay like this)

female

after a fresh molt (again super pretty)

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

I think this belongs n a thread about mantids and the possibility of mating them.

Any idea what kind that is, Myke?

 

[Cyan]

Your roaches are so huge
I didn't know it could become this big.

 

[Myke]

Vulpes - LMAO!
Cyan- yeah roaches can get pretty big. The madagascan hissers are huge.

my metallyticus male decided to molt to adulthood just now. hopefully the female will follow suit soon so I can mate them and make some chaching.

 

[Myke]

my ghost mantis eggs are halfway hatched. I'm only on my 3rd ooth ( I have 4 more) and I already have around 70 babies. If anyone wants some pm me

 

[Coto]

Hahahahahahah. Vulpes, the fuck??!

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Such nice insects. Roaches I don't like them too much, but i've seen some of them lately, could be related to environmental temperature? ...

 

[Myke]

Coto Roaches are everywhere. they are one of the most hardy insects. some roaches can survive nuclear blasts. It's possible that maybe it started raining more in your country lately and the humidity is making the roaches rise. But trust me they were always there to begin with.

 

[Myke]

Idolomantis diabolica nymph threat posing.