Late October Roachcrossing Package Series Pt. 3/3
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Let's start off with the returning species, Cariblatta lutea! Been a while since I kept these, this species has typically preformed very well for me, so I'm looking forward to breeding them again. 😄
I'm keeping them in a well ventilated deli cup with a thin layer of moist coconut fiber at the bottom, with crumpled paper towels and a lotus pod for hides. Feeding them dog food and fruits, and keeping them at around 75-85F°.
Here are some pics of them:
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| Adult male |
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| Adult females |
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| Medium nymph |
Very cute, ornately patterned species, hoping they'll become more firmly established in culture in the future. 😊
Next up, a species I've surprisingly never bred before, Neoblattella detersa. These are one of many adventive Ectobiids that can be found in Florida, and yet despite many of my friends having kept and bred them in the past, I've never gotten them before. Well, that's changed now, and man, are they pretty in person 😍 Adults are a beautiful grey-straw color, and the nymphs are SO ornately patterned, they rival Aglaopteryx gemma nymphs in beauty!
I'm keeping them in a well ventilated 32 oz deli cup with a thin layer of moist coconut fiber at the bottom, with crumpled paper towels and some bark for hides. Feeding them dog food and fruits, and keeping them at around 75-85F°.
Here are some photos of them:
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| Adult female |
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| Large nymph |
Such a pretty, underrated species in the hobby, I don't know why Ectobiids are so infrequently kept, some of the prettiest roaches I've ever kept were Ectobiids. Not to mention with their small size, not only do cultures not take up a lot of space, but keeping and collecting these types of roaches is kind of like, a hobby within a hobby. 😄
Anyways, that's gonna do it for this post, big thanks to Kyle for sending me all these species! 😁 Hope everyone enjoyed, thanks for reading, stay safe, and I'll see you all next time! 😉
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