Had these awhile...

[huntsman]

Here are a few new pics from an unidentified roach endemic to South Africa, which I have had in my collection for some months. Perhaps these will make ID clearer...

http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/3712/p6080100wg3.jpg


http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/1846/p6080099rr2.jpg


http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/5223/p6080096fd9.jpg


http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/2082/p6080094gb1.jpg


http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/1782/p6080087dv2.jpg

[Orin]

Hi Huntsman,
It looks just like a very commonly kept species.

[huntsman]

Hey Orin -

Very common...but un-named?

Sooooo....... can I name it, then?

Blatta capensis...really nice ring to that.?? :p

[melanostictus]

Oxyhaloa deusta?

What are these species like to keep? Anyone know the 'generation time'.

[huntsman]

Can't tell you much, I'm afraid...

They seem hardy and are fairly prolific, but I have them in a mixed bin, where we hold all strays and new roaches prior to ID. They are not very docile, and a little skittery. :)

[Orin]

I didn't say they didn't have a name.
Oxyhaloa deusta

[huntsman]

Hi Huntsman,
It looks just like a very commonly kept species.

No you certainly did not.

You didn't provide one either.

Did my sense of humour offend you?

[Blattamann]

The species is Oxyhaloa deusta (Thunberg, 1784), a widespread sub-Saharan African species

[huntsman]

Thanks, mate!

I have a nice little colony going so perhaps their sales can supplement my hobby! ;)

Do you know much about them? Climbers, burrowers, etc? I have observed mine, of course, but would like to know if they are typical...