Hormetica subcincta
Hi JoJobear: The big differance between the sexes is, it is only the males that have the eye spots the adults that don't are females.
The first common name i heard they were called are "luminescent roach"
This is the name we go by on our website.
Hope this helps.
Ken...
Pooter
Hi: I dont know if you tried this but all i do is put the whole culture in the fridge for 2 or 3 minutes and when i take them out, i just tap on top of the culture to knock any flies to bottom that are near the top.
My flies suffer no ill effects from this.
Always works for me, i just...
Hissers as feeders
Well hell, I guess i'll just throw my two cents in, I feed hissers to my monitors and they just love to crunch em, fat, hard shell and all!
Oh and www.roachdomain.com will sell hissers individually.
In the end its whatever makes you happy, and convienence does'nt hurt...
Giant & Black Hissers
Wade is correct, both the black hissers and giant hissers are mutations of Gromphadorhina portentosa, the normal hisser.
The black hisser is a color mutation whereas the giants are a size mutation of the normal hisser.
If you have a true black hisser and it is bred to...
Distanti & substrate
Those are without a doubt 6-spots or Eublaberus distanti.
With regard to substrate, E distanti are fossorial in nature, meaning they like to burrow in substrate.
Both the adults and nymphs are fond of burrowing, regardless of wheather they produce well without substrate...
Other hisser species
Hi all: Just to set the record straight, there are more than two species of hissers out there.
The following is a breakdown of most of the known hisser types.
COMMON HISSER (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
TIGER HISSER (Gromphadorhina grandidieri)
PRINCESS HISSER...
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