Searching for Pseudoglomeris beybienkoi (Emerald Roach)

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Hello! If anyone happens to have any Pseudoglomeris beybienkoi for sale, message me and we may be able to work something out. I have been looking for a long time, and cannot seem to find any regularly available US sources.

Thanks,

Jacob

 
Correct me if I am wrong but, I think that species is not in the US hobby. It’s available to import from Asia or Europe but you have to go through permits.

 
Pseudoglomeris beybienkoi
Very interesting - I had no idea there was such a thing as a metallic colored roach.

 
Unfortunately these seem far more uncommon in the hobby than the more popular P.magnifica, and are nonexistent in US Blatticulture as far as I know. This is likely due to them being a mountainous species from temperate regions of China, and they can not handle summer temps much above 75F°, and require a winter diapause period of around 60-64F°. They also probably require the accompanying seasonal humidity fluctuations, it's dry in their summers and much more humid in the winter. 

Other than that, care should be very similar to Pseudoglomeris magnifica, and I think that providing those seasonal requirements would allow one to easily breed beybeinkoi... But alas, it seems no one who's worked with them has actually given them their temperature and humidity requirements, they just kept them like magnifica, which results in them dying. 

But hey, if anyone actually does have them available in the US, hit me up as well. 😂 Perisphaerinae are my favorite. 

Goliathus said:
Pseudoglomeris beybienkoi
Very interesting - I had no idea there was such a thing as a metallic colored roach.
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Oh you have no idea, there are so many different metallic roach species, too many to mention here... 😉

 
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Oh you have no idea, there are so many different metallic roach species, too many to mention here... 😉

Admittedly, roaches are not one of my specialties, and I'm really only familiar with the larger species (e.g. - Blaberus, Archimandrita, Gromphadorhina, Macropanesthia, etc.).

 
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