I can tell you for sure that is not a death's head roach b.craniifer. Death's head roaches have black wings and a clown/skull marking on their thorax.



There are two species that it could be, but I'm not exactly sure because I cannot guesstimate the size of the adult from your pics. The one that Iam more leaning towards is Blaberus giganteus simply because I can see the dark marking midway down the wing that is not so obvious in the other species that I think it might be, Blaberus Discoidales.



There could be some positives and some negitives to not getting B.craniifer depending on what species you acctually have. If they are the b.gigantues then you might wanna complain and get your cash back (if you are looking for a feeder) cause they grow slow and get quite large. Now on the other hand, if it is b.discoidales you got a better feeder then the death's head. They grow faster and produce more offspring, but get a little smaller.



Here is a link to a site run by the roachman and one of his friends. They have pics and a comparison of all the species that I mentioned here. This should help you figure out what you acctually have.



http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/Roaches/



You can tell how much confusion goes on with death's head from the note that goes with its pic. Just scroll down.

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