Does anyone know

[musihuto]

what exactly this slightly squashed insect is?
somewhat cockroach-like in character, i'm just wondering if they would be ok to feed to scorpions...

oh yes, it was found indoors, in toronto canada, earlier today...

thanks,
- munis

 

[Taceas]

Looks like a roach of some sort to me.

And no, I wouldn't feed it to any of my "pets". Just finish it off and toss it in the trash.

If it was wild caught, and seeing as how roaches are considered vermin to most normal people, you could never tell if it had been in contact with pesticide at some point along the way.

 

[musihuto]

Looks like a roach of some sort to me.

And no, I wouldn't feed it to any of my "pets". Just finish it off and toss it in the trash.

If it was wild caught, and seeing as how roaches are considered vermin to most normal people, you could never tell if it had been in contact with pesticide at some point along the way.

well... if i caught enough of them and bred them captive for a generation or two..

 

[cacoseraph]

well... if i caught enough of them and bred them captive for a generation or two..

i'm always looking for native/local bugs to try to raise up as feeders

and i definitely agree with raising up at least two generations before you start feeding them off for a couple few reasons

1) give your new colony time to establish and ride up the ol' exponential curve a little more

2) from reading there are pesticides that are molt or reproduction inhibitors... it would be critical in my opinion to make sure your new feeders have none of these in their system

3) parasites and other living organisms might take a while to express themselves visibly

 

[Aquanut]

but does anyone know what it is?

 

[nine livez]

cockroach

it is a cockroach...... but i have never seen that colouration before? no idea on the species......

 

[musihuto]

In general, for both insects and arachnids, how many unrelated adults are required to establish a healthy population? (i.e. minimize the negative effects of inbreeding)
- munis

i'm always looking for native/local bugs to try to raise up as feeders

and i definitely agree with raising up at least two generations before you start feeding them off for a couple few reasons

1) give your new colony time to establish and ride up the ol' exponential curve a little more

2) from reading there are pesticides that are molt or reproduction inhibitors... it would be critical in my opinion to make sure your new feeders have none of these in their system

3) parasites and other living organisms might take a while to express themselves visibly

 

[Nick12007]

Hey, I just had a roach, lice, and assassin bug identification lab in my class yesterday, and they gave us a roach key.

From the key, all I can find that looks like that is the German cockroach (Blatella germanica) but I can't be sure, b/c the key I have is only for adult insects, and that one you have is still a juvenile.

 

[ROACHMAN]

its!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that is the worst pest specie out their!!!! the German cockroach