New Spring Skins!

My Melanozosteria soror have finally matured, and have started laying ooths as well! These are definitely some cute little Blattids, really hope I'll successfully breed them! 😃 

Here are some pictures of an adult female:

Fingers crossed I find hatchlings soon! 🤞 

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Three of my Gromphadorhina oblongonota have matured as well, a small male, small female, and large female. And MAN are they pretty, I really love the coloration on this species! 😍 

Here are some pictures of a pair:

Male

Female

Now hopefully they get to the breeding, so I can rear some larger ones up and hopefully get a major male next gen!

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Good news and bad news for my Eucorydia forceps; good news, a male finally matured! Bad news, the one adult female I had died a few days after he matured... 🙃🤣 But there are lots of subadults of both sexes still in the culture, so I'm not that worried.

Anyways, here are some pics of the male:

Much prettier than the females IMO. Now, hopefully I get some freakin synced up pairs soon. 😆 

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Lastly, all my Eucorydia westwoodi are mature now, and the females have been pumping out ooths! 😁 This species is just so stunning, both males and females, I really hope I get a good first generation from my culture!

Here are some pictures of them:

Females

Males and females

Aren't they gorgeous? 😍 

Well, that does it for this photodump of a post lol, thanks for reading, hope everyone enjoyed, stay safe, and I'll see you all next time! 😉 

My New Melanozosteria & Latiblattella!

Roachcrossing Winter '23 Package Series Pt. 4/5

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Now this is an exciting new Blattid for Blatticulture, only a few people are keeping them ATM, but hopefully that'll change in the future. Introducing Melanozosteria soror, AKA the "White-margined Cockroach". 😁 A cute species that's seemingly native to Asia, but became introduced to Hawaii (which is where this stock was collected from). They have a nice dark brown/black base coloration, and adults have cream colored margins along their thoracic segments, with only tiny vestigial tegmina.

I've got my 10 or so nymphs housed in a well ventilated container with a thin layer of coconut fiber as the substrate, with bark and cardboard rolls for hides. I'm keeping one half of the enclosure humid, the otehr half dry, and have them at around 75-85F°. I'm feeding them dog food and fruits.

Here are some pictures of one of the nymphs:

Still got a decent amount of growth to put on, as well as coloration. Looking forward to seeing adults of this species in person, and hopefully breeding them! 😊

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I also asked Kyle for some Latiblattella rehni, Rhen's Palm Roach, because apparently I hate myself. 🙃😂 He obliged and sent me several adults (mostly females), some ooths and some nymphs. Didn't bother counting them out before dumping them into their new container quickly, these things are super skittish and LOVE to climb and fly, probably the most annoying roaches I've ever dealt with personally. 😅 But I definitely have breedable numbers, and should hopefully get a colony of this neat US native established soon.

I've got them set up in a well ventilated deli cup, with a thin layer of coconut fiber as the substrate, with crumpled paper towels for hides. I'm keeping them humid, and at around 75-80F°. I'll be offering them dog food and fruits as their staple diet.

Here are some pictures of an adult female:

These are the best pics I've ever taken of an adult of this species, and may be the last. 😂 They just absolutely hate standing still for photos.

Well, that does it for this post, thanks for reading, hope everyone enjoyed, stay safe, and I'll see you all next time! 😉