Amici Con Coleotteri Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Thank you If you come to southern states by chance, you'll find lots of nymphs of that species in woods Awesome! I'm way jealous, by the way, your collection is essentially every species I want and then some! I haven't got the room, but when I get my next place the sky's the limit! I don't know why I love dubias so much, maybe it's a first love thing, as they were feeders for various reptiles and arachnids of mine. I hated feeding them to anything though and also tried to keep a few...then began my first colony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwun Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Beautiful Giganteus and P. nivea! That's a nice collection you got going there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Beautiful Giganteus and P. nivea! That's a nice collection you got going there. Thank you Took some time to get all this collection, but the effort really paid me well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Awesome! I'm way jealous, by the way, your collection is essentially every species I want and then some! I haven't got the room, but when I get my next place the sky's the limit! I don't know why I love dubias so much, maybe it's a first love thing, as they were feeders for various reptiles and arachnids of mine. I hated feeding them to anything though and also tried to keep a few...then began my first colony. That reminds me of how I first got into roach hobby. About a year (maybe two) ago, I bought a box full of lobster roaches as feeders for my spiders and immediately fell in love with them after I saw them munching on the dog foods I provided them with. Since than, I've been working on getting variety of roaches (currently focusing on natives) to grow my culture On the side note, http://www.roachcrossing.com is the best place to get variety of pet roaches within the US so if anyone is interested in buying pet roaches, I highly recommend this webpage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amici Con Coleotteri Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Oh I've been looking at That reminds me of how I first got into roach hobby. About a year (maybe two) ago, I bought a box full of lobster roaches as feeders for my spiders and immediately fell in love with them after I saw them munching on the dog foods I provided them with. Since than, I've been working on getting variety of roaches (currently focusing on natives) to grow my culture On the side note, http://www.roachcrossing.com is the best place to get variety of pet roaches within the US so if anyone is interested in buying pet roaches, I highly recommend this webpage I've definitely frequented that site before, have yet to put together an order but where do I start?! I'm currently having the same kind of relationship with isopods (pill & sowbugs primarily)...I fell in love with them as a very young child, and at 32 here I am finding them in the pet trade as feeders and "clean up crews." I bought 2 colonies from Peter, at bugsincyberspace.com (orange P. scaber, and O. asellus) and immediately remembered that love. So now I'm concentrating on the Philoscia sp. and Armadillidium sp. in my area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Wow! You have a large collection! All I have are a few hissers ( though I plan on getting some horseshoe crab roaches soonish.) I have purchased most of my roaches from Kyle ( roachcrossing ) and he is a very nice guy to buy from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Oh I've been looking at I've definitely frequented that site before, have yet to put together an order but where do I start?! I'm currently having the same kind of relationship with isopods (pill & sowbugs primarily)...I fell in love with them as a very young child, and at 32 here I am finding them in the pet trade as feeders and "clean up crews." I bought 2 colonies from Peter, at bugsincyberspace.com (orange P. scaber, and O. asellus) and immediately remembered that love. So now I'm concentrating on the Philoscia sp. and Armadillidium sp. in my area. I've started getting into isopods too so I'm looking for varieties of isopods in my area right now. Unfortunately, it seems that P. scaber, Porcellionides pruinosus, A. nasatum, and A. vulgare are pretty much all we have here in Montgomery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Wow! You have a large collection! All I have are a few hissers ( though I plan on getting some horseshoe crab roaches soonish.) I have purchased most of my roaches from Kyle ( roachcrossing ) and he is a very nice guy to buy from. Indeed! He is the best roach guy I've ever met online What species of hissers do you own? I've G. portentosa right now and am getting E. laevigata and A. insignis next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amici Con Coleotteri Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 I've started getting into isopods too so I'm looking for varieties of isopods in my area right now. Unfortunately, it seems that P. scaber, Porcellionides pruinosus, A. nasatum, and A. vulgare are pretty much all we have here in Montgomery As my colonies grow I'll keep you updated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 As my colonies grow I'll keep you updated! Thanks Can't wait to see pics of a colony of cute little isopods. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Unfortunately I do not breed roaches as of now, but I will in the future. I have 1 normal hisser, 2 flathorn hissers and 1 halloween hisser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted April 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 Unfortunately I do not breed roaches as of now, but I will in the future. I have 1 normal hisser, 2 flathorn hissers and 1 halloween hisser. Cool! Hope you'll get a nice colony once you start breeding them in the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwun Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 What's the deal with the Rhinocerous Hissing Roaches (I think that is the name). I seen these go for $200 a pair a while back on an ad. Are these suppose to be extremely rare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted April 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 What's the deal with the Rhinocerous Hissing Roaches (I think that is the name). I seen these go for $200 a pair a while back on an ad. Are these suppose to be extremely rare? Ah...the rhino roach. They aren't too rare in the wild but the country where they live in (Australia) has very strict rule about importation/exportation of their wildlife so not many specimens get exported from that country (and I don't think anyone imports these guys from Australia anymore). Also, these guys take years to mature and breed so they aren't readily available in the hobby, which adds to their high price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwun Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Ah good to know. They look very cool but it's a very high price to pay for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pannaking22 Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Very nice roach variety here. I don't really have anything impressive now (Turkistan, dubia, and gold medal roaches), but I wouldn't mind expanding a bit in the future, especially with the variety on bugsincyberspace and roach crossing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amici Con Coleotteri Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Very nice roach variety here. I don't really have anything impressive now (Turkistan, dubia, and gold medal roaches), but I wouldn't mind expanding a bit in the future, especially with the variety on bugsincyberspace and roach crossing. I agree! Getting my first roachcrossing order very soon and I'm extremely excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pannaking22 Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 I agree! Getting my first roachcrossing order very soon and I'm extremely excited! Nice! What are you getting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amici Con Coleotteri Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Starting with a nice size colony of Panchlora nivea. But in the next few days I've gotta beef up my collection for an upcoming show I'm doing. So I'll be looking at hissers, and most anything Blaberus. I so love roaches and really miss having them (I've only ever had dubias and maddie hissers). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted May 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 Starting with a nice size colony of Panchlora nivea. But in the next few days I've gotta beef up my collection for an upcoming show I'm doing. So I'll be looking at hissers, and most anything Blaberus. I so love roaches and really miss having them (I've only ever had dubias and maddie hissers). Nice! Hope you get a nice collection going soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amici Con Coleotteri Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Check out what came in the mail yesterday!!! G. grandidieri A. tessalata G. oblongonata L. verrucosa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amici Con Coleotteri Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 But wait, there's more... G. lurida B. craniifer B. giganteus B. rothi I got P. nivea too, but couldn't get any pics. And it came with about 8 different species of isopods, and 3 different Eleodes sp.!!! Guess how excited I was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted May 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Woah! You got really fancy roaches from Kyle! Hope they all breed well for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amici Con Coleotteri Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 I hope so too. Kyle was such a pleasure to deal with, I'm already planning my next order...I mean, I knew I loooooved roaches, but I forgot just how much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted May 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 I hope so too. Kyle was such a pleasure to deal with, I'm already planning my next order...I mean, I knew I loooooved roaches, but I forgot just how much. Nice! Can't wait to see what you'll get in your next order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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