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Jungle roaches are cool. Only 4 out of 4500 species are pests so please don't hate them all!

Jungle roach IMG_4400 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Jungle roach IMG_8548 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Mating roaches IMG_7161 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Jungle roach IMG_3563 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Jungle roach IMG_0475 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Jungle roach IMG_1635 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Jungle roach IMG_0135 copy (2) by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Newly molted cockroach
Molting roach IMG_5561 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

More cool roaches: http://orionmystery.blogspot.com/2013/10/cockroaches-are-cool.html
 
Point well made Kurt. Some fantastic variety there. The first one looks particularly impressive, and I love the newly moulted one you've found!
 
ewww but as Tim said, point taken.
As always some lovely shots Kurt. :)
 
Are you sure that image No. three is of mating Roaches? - The reason I ask is that I breed Orange Spot Roaches (Blaptica Dubia) to feed to my lizards, and the male and females have different wings - the males have full wings (but are flightless) and the females just have little wing stubs. 'My' Roaches look very much like the Roach in your image No. five, but the plate behind the head is the same colour as the wings.

No. one is an impressive looking chap!
 
Outstanting shots. That 4th one looks like an alien spaceship :)
 
TimmyG said:
Point well made Kurt. Some fantastic variety there. The first one looks particularly impressive, and I love the newly moulted one you've found!
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Thanks, Timmy. There are nice looking ones too which I have posted before.

Graham said:
ewww but as Tim said, point taken.
As always some lovely shots Kurt. :)
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Thanks, Graham.

Jim Dunne said:
Are you sure that image No. three is of mating Roaches? - The reason I ask is that I breed Orange Spot Roaches (Blaptica Dubia) to feed to my lizards, and the male and females have different wings - the males have full wings (but are flightless) and the females just have little wing stubs. 'My' Roaches look very much like the Roach in your image No. five, but the plate behind the head is the same colour as the wings.

No. one is an impressive looking chap!
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Thanks for the comment, Jim. I am sure they were mating. They were connected for a long long time. I think the sexual dimorphism varies greatly for different species. For example, males of Catara sp. have wings and females don't.

IanClark said:
Outstanting shots. That 4th one looks like an alien spaceship :)
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LOL...thanks, Ian. It's beginning to look like a space ship to me :D

Tintin124 said:
Lol and :agree:

Great set and thanks for the education didn't realise there was so many species.

Excellent set especially love the alien mentioned.
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Thanks, Bryn.
 
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