Many people who are interested in insects and their kin find it enjoyable to keep living invertebrates as pets. There are a slew of reasons to consider keeping invertebrates, (And I recommend you do!) the point of this post is to give my readers a list of invertebrates that I am keeping. (And have kept.) I recommend you read this wonderful blog post before you read on if you are unfamiliar with the concept of keeping Arthropods.
I will list my collection under the following key:
You will see numbers before each species. Ex: 1.1.3 Asbolus verrucosus
This is a way of inventorying different species based on gender. The numbers correspond to: Males.Females.Unsexed. Each number respectively refers to the number of male, female, and unsexed individuals of each species I keep. If you see three X’s in a row, (X.X.X) it means that the number of individuals of that species I own are uncountable. You could also intemperate that as meaning that that species has been established in a large colony.
Now that that’s out of the way, time for the list! As of June 1st, 2016, I keep:
Blattodea
1.7.0 Elliptorhina javanica
X.X.X Blaberus craniifer
X.X.X Blaptica dubia (Though, my colony is decreasing in size.)
X.X.X Gromphadorhina portentosa
1.1.0 Aeluropoda insignis
X.X.X Nauphoeta cinerea
0.0.10 Gyna centurio
0.0.10 Hemiblabera tenebricosa
X.X.X Gyna lurida
X.X.X Eublaberus posticus
X.X.X Periplaneta australasiae
0.0.12 Blaberus sp. “Venezuela”
X.X.X Oxyhaloa deusta
X.X.X Gyna caffrorum
0.0.12 Pycnoscelus nigra
0.0.12 Pycnoscelus striatus
X.X.X Parcoblatta divisa
X.X.X Parcoblatta lata
Coleoptera
0.0.3 Asbolus verrucosus
0.0.1 Asbolus laevis
0.0.2 Cryptoglossa variolosa
0.0.1 Cryptoglossa muricata
0.0.2 Stenomorpha confluens
0.0.1 Zopherus haldemani
0.0.2 Eleodes saturalis
0.0.1 Pasimachus viridans
0.0.1 Pasimachus elongatus
X.X.X Cotinis mutubilis
X.X.X Alphitobius diaperinus
Theraphosidae
0.0.1 Avicularia versicor
0.0.1 Grammostola pulchripes
0.1.0 Brachypelma albopilosum
1.0.0 Brachypelma vagans
0.0.1 Hapalopus formosus (sp. “Columbia”)
0.0.1 Avicularia metallica
0.0.1 Chromatopelma cyaneobupescens
0.0.1 Lasiodora parahybana
0.0.1 Nhandu chromatus
Myriapoda
0.0.2 Orthoporus ornatus
Isopoda
X.X.X Armadillidium vulgare
0.0.32 Trichorhina tomentosa
Other Arachnida
0.0.1 Mastigoproctus giganteus
What’s in your collection? Feel free to share in the comments below! Have a great day, everyone!
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