Today we just found tiny little bugs in my niece's bug tank. Baby hisser roaches! Madagascar Hisser X Halloween Hisser, I'm sure. Other adult roach residents are a female beetle mimic roach, chrome roach(sex not identifyed), and a another male hisser, I'm not sure of species(large black came free with madagascar).  Is it possible for hissers to interbreed with the others? I found nine, all are black except one that's grey.  ..read more

Help I have a millipede addiction!!! After multiple sightings of breeding  a small group of orthoporus ornatus has produced a 1st gen of cb babies!! The babies have already moulted once. I will give future updates and get more adults for this culture. I will also do a care and breeding guide in the future.   Pictured below is one of the adults ..read more

I've had this guy since August 29, caught at Lost Lake in Linn county Oregon. I'm not sure what he eats, but I'm doing something right, because it has grown. My guide for North American  Crickets and Katydids and Grasshoppers doesn't offer much help. I think this might be a "grig ..read more

Love this species so much! One of the most fun predatory invert in the US.  ..read more

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Looking for people who keep centrobolus, anadenobolus, trigoniulus, and other cool species ..read more

Found this little darling climbing on the bedroom wall last night! No idea where it came from, or how it got in the house, and there didn't seem to be any more of them. I've got it in a vertical container with sticks for it to hang upside down on now, will be looking up how to actually care for one of these guys later today. I've always wanted one, so funny that one just decided to appear! It's tiny, maybe L2? No idea actually, that's just a wild guess ? Anyhoo, behold, a new tiny buddy!     ..read more

Finally found this male Phidippus princeps after searching for the species for 6 years. Found in Newtown, CT. Now the only thing on my "grail" list is Phidippus purpuratus which I hope to find soon ..read more

A beautiful wood boring roach from GA. Do these count as an honorary beetle, for eating exclusively wood?  the second cryptocercus I’m raising, along with a colony of wrighti I’ve had for over a year now.  ..read more

First time owning mantises as pets, both just came in the mail today. I’m so excited to raise them, they are so small! I’d love any good tips or fun facts about them if anyone would like to share! Pictures are of my one ghost and one orchid mantises ..read more