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The other night I came across a group of Diploptera punctata adults circling around a juvenile that had just started to molt into an adult. My first thought was, "Oh no! They're going cannibalistic and getting ready to pounce on fresh meat," like I've seen other species do. However, a few minutes later, I saw this and thought it was pretty funny.
In the video you can see the male poking his you know what at the female before she's even finished molting. Off to the left is another pair going at it, and then in the background there's a male pacing about anxiously because he didn't get any.
In the second video, I tried to record the classic defense behavior of Leucophaea maderae aka Rhyparobia maderae. Throughout the video there's a faint sound like something scratching against glass. That's the roach squeaking like a mouse, and you can bet it stunk quite a bit afterwards.
In the video you can see the male poking his you know what at the female before she's even finished molting. Off to the left is another pair going at it, and then in the background there's a male pacing about anxiously because he didn't get any.
In the second video, I tried to record the classic defense behavior of Leucophaea maderae aka Rhyparobia maderae. Throughout the video there's a faint sound like something scratching against glass. That's the roach squeaking like a mouse, and you can bet it stunk quite a bit afterwards.
