A Couple New Roaches!

Magnificent Beasts 2022 Package Series Pt. 3/3

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Lastly, I've got a couple new roach species to show off from Brandon's box that I've never worked with before. 😁

First off, the Formosan Assassin Mimic Roach, Paranauphoeta formosana. Brandon sent me an adult trio, one male and two young, but very gravid females. 😍 Hopefully they'll give birth soon, these things are HUGE compared to P.rufipes and P.lyrata!

I've got them housed in a well ventilated, gallon enclosure with an inch or so of coconut fiber as the substrate, with bark and cork tile hides. I'm keeping them humid and warm, around 75-85F°. I'll be offering dog food and fruits as the main diet.

Here are some pictures of one of the females:

Such a large, pretty Paranauphoeta species, really love these! 😁 Hopefully one day I'll get to keep P.rufipes again, those are still my favorites... 🤞 Overall this is one of my favorite genera to keep, would love to see some new species enter culture here one day as well! 😊

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Lastly, a more simple, but still relatively uncommon species, Pycnoscelus tenebrigera, AKA the "Fiery Roach". This is a sexually reproducing Pycnoscelus species, females have tiny vestigial wings and are very dark brown, males on the other hand are fully winged and a fiery orange color, hence the common name. I wanted to get these to get good pictures of the adults, particularly the males, but also because they're currently uncommon in the hobby and I'd like to see that change. 😄

I've got an adult female and about a dozen small nymphs, housed in a moderately ventilated container with an inch or two of coconut fiber substrate. I'm keeping them humid, and at around 75F°. I'll be offering dog food and fruits as the staple diet.

Here's the adult female:

Once I get adult males popping up I'll get some pictures of those, and maybe a couple shots of an adult pair together. Hopefully these will breed well for me, I'm pretty sure they will considering it's a Pycnoscelus species, but still. 😂

Well, that's gonna do it for this series, thanks again to Brandon Maines at Magnificent Beasts for this box, hopefully he'll be selling publicly again soon! 😁

Thanks for reading everyone, hope you all enjoyed, stay safe, stay buggy, and I'll see y'all next time! 😉