Texas Blonde's roach pics

[Texas Blonde]

I got a new digicam, and am taking pics like mad. Right now I have 18 different species of roaches. I cant even name them all off the top of my head. Ill list them as I post the pics, lol.

Here is my B fusca colony. It hasnt been doing well, they mostly mature then die. I was cleaning out the cage and got some great pics of them breeding.

 

[Texas Blonde]

More of my fusca:

 

[Texas Blonde]

I picked up a pair of Hormetica subcincta at Arachncon. They are just gorgeous. The only climbing species I have. Pray I get babies soon.

 

[Brian S]

You got the Hormetica subcincta from David. Dang I meant to get some of those but I got sidetracked in all the excitement and forgot to. Those are really cool.
David had roaches there that I had never heard of before. Those are really cool. Best of luck with them

 

[OldHag]

I got me a male H. subcincta. I got 5 last year and they ALL were female!!! I notoriously get males with everything I buy as juviniles. So I was pleased. Got them a handsome sub adult male! Then we can all do the happy baby H. subcincta dance

Ok Sky... Name them all!!! I double dog dare ya! All 18 Right here Right now! DO IT

 

[bugmankeith]

I named my roaches lol.

 

[Texas Blonde]

Ok Sky... Name them all!!! I double dog dare ya! All 18 Right here Right now! DO IT

There is no possible way at this point, they are all too new. I went through the cages earlier cleaning and feeding, and found a colony of some unknown species I swear I didnt know I owned.

Blaberus parabolicus.

 

[Texas Blonde]

Eublaberus prosticus. These guys are just gorgeous, sooo much color. I feel bad but they are the only colony I feed from. I need to stop that as I just love them.

Nymphs. I love how the flash shows off how red they are.

Tiny baby nymph that stuck to my hand as I was digging through the substrate. This is the only species I keep on alot of dirt, they just seem to grow faster that way.

 

[Texas Blonde]

More Eublaberus prosticus.

 

[Texas Blonde]

Byrsotria fumigata.

 

[Texas Blonde]

This is my largest Byrsotria fumigata female. I call her Big Mama, lol. I once put her in a empty container with a Blaberus fusca for a size comparison, and then forgot I left them together. She killed the fusca and ate its head.

 

[Texas Blonde]

Blaptica dubia

 

[LPacker79]

Excellent pics Sky! I'm in complete agreement, those Hormetica subcincta are indeed beautiful!

It was hilarious watching you try to carry your "roach booty" to your truck after ACon!

 

[xelda]

Great pictures! I love how you get them while they're on they're backs. Looks like you're quite the roach addict. Hehe... Don't worry. I totally understand. If you're not planning on using all of those as feeders, I recommend keeping them in naturalistic or semi-naturalistic displays. I just finished redoing my set-ups that way, and I can tell you they are a million times more enjoyable than if you were to keep them in the conventional rubbermaid egg-crate set-up. For example, Blaberus species are insanely cute when they've got enough substrate (at least an inch or more) that they can burrow in. Unlike some burrowers that just disappear into the substrate, they'll swim around and poke their heads out to see what's going on. When you've got like ten of them doing that, it's fun to watch.

I think you've got your distanti mixed with something else. Distanti nymphs actually look like orange head nymphs (they're in the same genus) except a little darker and with the cream-colored dots going down the sides.

 

[IguanaMama]

Hahaha, I stopped at David's table, but was too overwhelmed to pick. I have more than a dozen different species and some seem to be different than yours, so I think I smell a trade in the future! Here's to lots of Hormetica subcincta babies!!!

BTW, I also feel bad about feeding the roaches to my Ts, but with over 100 spiders, and all the lizards to boot, what can I do? My five year old goes nuts, however, he loves the roaches more than I do. So we tell him they are having a play-date.

 

[Texas Blonde]

I think you've got your distanti mixed with something else. Distanti nymphs actually look like orange head nymphs (they're in the same genus) except a little darker and with the cream-colored dots going down the sides.

I know what I have labled as distani arent actually that. Im really interested to see what they will turn out to be.

The most frustrating thing is that my fusca are probably hybrids. I have many dark colored ones, so it looks like they might be mixed with craniifer. I am not a fan of hybridizing, and dont care to own any.

 

[BigToach]

that is crazy i didnt know fusca did it doggy style!

 

[Kevin_Davies]

Nice roaches.

isnt it Lucihormetica subcincta, not Hormetica subcincta? they are listed as Lucihormetica subcincta on the bcg list.

http://www.bcg-online.com/media/BCG-List.pdf

 

[Texas Blonde]

Nice roaches.

isnt it Lucihormetica subcincta, not Hormetica subcincta? they are listed as Lucihormetica subcincta on the bcg list.

http://www.bcg-online.com/media/BCG-List.pdf

V v Wirth said the same thing. I think in Europe they are called Lucihormetica and in the US it is Hormetica. Im sure that Lucihormetica is the correct way.

 

[Texas Blonde]

Update

The species pictured way above that I had listed as Eublaberus distanti is actually Blaberus parabolicus. I had switched the lids on the containers at some point after I got them. :8o

Did I mention Im blonde....?