Seems like myself and others submitting photos are getting fewer and fewer views/comments than ever before. I was really hoping that this site would blossom and activity would skyrocket as it grew into a larger community. I had really high hopes that it would be more LIKE a community, where people talk and keep social with others who share their interest, photos, words and art. What happened?
In other news, my g. portentosa gave birth to 46 babies a few days ago, and just yesterday, my g. oblongonata gave birth to almost as many. I now have about 140 hissing cockroaches alone :) And about 50+ of all the other 15 species, of which are also blossoming forth and molting more than I've ever seen them before... new Harlequins, g. lurida and goldies popping up left and right!
Anyone else out there having a sudden baby explosion? Is it the time of year, or what? I don't think the temperature in the house has changed, or anything else that might stimulate such sudden activity.
I also had a question: In all my cockroach books and the entomology sites I'm on, I can't seem to find information about the fluid that comes out of the mother roach after birthing her young. I just posted a photo of the occurance to the gallery and it should still be on the first page or two. The baby hissers devoured the fluid as soon as they were born and the air in their abdomen was released from pushing through the embryonic sac.
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