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Hi All,

Is there a website to help me to identify the exact species of the shipment of roaches i just received? I looked up the supplier in my PayPal account and sent an e-mail, but they haven't replied.

These are 1 1/2 inches long, with no distinct "head; it's under the front of the carapace. They can climb glass but don't do it a lot. There are no egg sacs, but there are small to tiny bugs that may be babies of the adults I received. Perhaps they are viviparous? The little bugs do not climb glass at all.

I don't want this batch to die off. Is there a food that any roach can eat?

Thanks for reading this

Roger

Hi again clffdvr

We seem to be the only ones keeping this tarrantula forum alive lol.

I know nothing at all about roaches but i know some people who can definatly help you.

Scabies.myfreeforum.org

just go to that forum , every member there has experience with keeping ''bugs'' pets. Some are more into tarrantulas while others are more into scorpions and others are more into true spiders and so on .....

Some of them are realy experienced in keeping roaches as well, eighter as a source of food for their pets or cuz they simply like to take care of a roach collony lol.

They are always happy to help other members but you'll definatly need to post some pictures though. I realy don't know anyone who can Identify anything without a good picture. There is a ridiculously high amount of different roach species and trying to guess witch ones you have without a pic will be impossible.

On the other hand they can still give you advice as to what you can feed them with and what kinda enclosure they need as well as some other tips and tricks without necessarily needing an ID.

Talk to you later

Krawll

These are definitely Lobster Roaches, and thanks for the link. About the activity on the forum, well, I saw from the beginning that the activity was slow and depended entirely on The Vez. It's a naturally slow forum, but even so it needs another expert like Vez.

Roger