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    Default Identify this roach please...

    I found this roach among my crickets. It is not the standard palmetto Periplaneta americana...i don't think b/c the nymphs don't have wings and the adults have yellow circles on their thorax. It is also a slow mover that is definately different than palmettos. Anyone know the species?

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    It's nothing I raise. I have no experiance with roaches other than the ones I keep as feeders. I have never seen a 'wild' roach in person.

    Rick

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    That's because you live in Maine Rick. LOL when my wife and I moved down to New Mexico from Maine she saw a roach for the first time and freaked she thought she had failed as a housekeeper LOL
    Nate



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    It was an Indonasian roach, I always seen them around my garden , and they can fly, U better not gave that to your tegu, coz they have torns around they leg. All of my friend told me not to use it as feed to your tegu.

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    I don't see why it can't be given to the tegu. I have given my tegu Hissing Roaches and they have really sharp legs. He simply "chewed" it up by biting, spitting it out and repeating several times till it was softened.

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    Looks like a surinam cockroach to me. Do the nymphs look like this?

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