what the heck?

samatwwe

samatwwe

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I was "sifting" through my B. Fusca colony, lol and I found this wierd roach. Obviously not a fusca but what are your opinions? Sorry I cant post a direct picture. It is right on this link, (my photobucket page..)
Well, thank you in advance everyone! :?

http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg78/samatwwe/
 
ZergFront

ZergFront

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Imagine how confused he is. Probably thinks he's just one of them. :)

I'm j/k, of course. Yeah, maybe you'll get a stronger hybrid roach colony or something...
 
Moltar

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I've had a few B. lateralis get in with my B. dubia colony. I don't know what it is but i swear they get bigger in there than they EVER do with 1000 other B. lateralis. I fished out a big, old female that had to be almost 2" long. It's funny how they just tolerate each other, there's no struggle for dominance or any territorial issues. They're just like "we're all roaches here, just be cool, man"
 
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Exo

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etown_411 said:
It's funny how they just tolerate each other, there's no struggle for dominance or any territorial issues. They're just like "we're all roaches here, just be cool, man"
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Humans could learn a few things from them. ;)
 
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Matt K

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...Because the lateralis are eating newly molted dubia nymphs for one. For seconds, any roaches removed from a dense colony and reared in an environment with fewer of the same species will typically get larger. It is a common phenomenon.
 
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Matt K said:
...Because the lateralis are eating newly molted dubia nymphs for one...
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Ha! I wondered if some of that was going on. Lats are pretty ferocious like that. I've seen them cannibalize each other when freshly molted in spite of a healthy water and high protein food supply. No matter, I have dubia nymphs to spare. Luckily that huge female was apparently immature when she first got into the dubia colony. I bet just one clutch of lats in a dubia colony would eventually overpopulate and crowd out the dubs.
 
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Matt K

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For what its worth, I occasionally have a similar problem with a rogue lobster roach nymph getting into any of the other roach bins. I might be poking around through say Polyphaga aegyptica and find an adult lobster or two that are bigger,faster, and very healthy....
 
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