A few cockroaches

[Alireza]

I really do like coackroaches and may get some of them to have as pets in future

 

[1Lord Of Ants1]

Well my colony of Panchlora nivea is not established yet but they seem to thrive in warm damp conditions. I got a small culture from Zephyr/ZephAmp a while ago, the adults just recently molted out so I'm hoping to see many more soon.

Because these are native to Florida you should be able to find them in the wild during the spring. If not, I'm unsure of he grey areas that Florida laws encompass...it seems only Hissers are really prohibited by any specific legislation. Native species may not be an issue since they are already established.

I've never recalled seeing any of these, nor or much of a variety of roaches where I live. The Panchlora have always been native - I believe Blaberus discoidalis and the giant cave roach are the 2 introduced species. Now established, they are legal. Dispite that I've still had people turn me down just because I'm in Florida, which doesn't make since at all for discoids. Crickets suck and will always suck.

On another note, how many of the Panchlora do you have? How is their growth rate?

 

[ZephAmp]

Just thought I'd chime in...
Panchlora grow and reproduce incredibly fast. Assuming the smaller P. nivea reproduces faster than the larger Panchlora sp. "Giant"... I have a P. sp. "Giant" colony that had babies crawling around in it only a month after the adults matured. I'd assume P. nivea females can pop out babies every 3 weeks.
The nymphs grow extremely fast; you can go from little pinhead sized babies to plump 1/3" nymphs in no time. They're an excellent species to have around.

 

[1Lord Of Ants1]

Just thought I'd chime in...
Panchlora grow and reproduce incredibly fast. Assuming the smaller P. nivea reproduces faster than the larger Panchlora sp. "Giant"... I have a P. sp. "Giant" colony that had babies crawling around in it only a month after the adults matured. I'd assume P. nivea females can pop out babies every 3 weeks.
The nymphs grow extremely fast; you can go from little pinhead sized babies to plump 1/3" nymphs in no time. They're an excellent species to have around.

Neat. They seem like a great feeder as well as a pet, the adults are good lookers. At the lowest amount...how many would one need to start a small colony in a couple months?

 

[Vfox]

Just thought I'd chime in...
Panchlora grow and reproduce incredibly fast. Assuming the smaller P. nivea reproduces faster than the larger Panchlora sp. "Giant"... I have a P. sp. "Giant" colony that had babies crawling around in it only a month after the adults matured. I'd assume P. nivea females can pop out babies every 3 weeks.
The nymphs grow extremely fast; you can go from little pinhead sized babies to plump 1/3" nymphs in no time. They're an excellent species to have around.

You need to keep me posted for when you want to sell some of those giant morphs.

I'm not sure how well mine are reproducing so far, they stay buried most of the time. From what I can tell though they are doing okay...about as fast as my low heat dubias.

 

[1Lord Of Ants1]

The Panchlora are tempting me....anyone have them for sale for a good price?

 

[Vfox]

Some more to the fray. I just picked the orange heads and death heads up at this past Saturdays' show in Hamburg, PA.

Eublaberus procticus

Blaberus craniifer

 

[Israel2004]

They're all so pretty. Big problem I had when I kept Eublaberus procticus was wing chewing. No matter what I fed them could I get them to stop wing chewing

 

[boonbear]

I'm definitely jealous of your Panchlora nivea.

And ease up on Madamousele everybody. It wasn't the most eloquent response, but it is her opinion. Let's not run someone off from the board.

Awesome death's heads also Vfox.

 

[Vfox]

Thanks guys. The E.procticus are terrible wing biters but the females in my small group don't have bitten wings as bad as the males. These are new to me so I'm not certain of that's normal.


As for the P.nivea, they are so small but I love those little critters. The death heads are just so cool, you just gatta own some if you're into roaches.

 

[Dravensmom]

The Panchlora nivea is very pretty. How big do they get?

 

[Vfox]

The Panchlora nivea is very pretty. How big do they get?

Sadly only about an inch. There is a giant morph though and I will be getting a starter colony this spring hopefully...they are said to be almost twice as big.

 

[Dravensmom]

Cool Good luck with getting that colony in the spring.