Category: Blog Posts

The last week has been a real blur here with the heaviest shipping load I’ve ever had. A big thank you to everyone for enabling me to do what I love to the extent...

The last 48 hours have been a blur of packing orders, sorting isopods, and meticulously picking over projects. Regrettably, there’s more to be done than I imagined and things will be spilling over into...

Isopod culture re-dos are chugging along and I finally have some names and descriptions for projects! I’ll be adding more of these lists as work continues, but here are the spoils for now: Proven...

One of my favorite things about summer is finding obscure bugs outside and tinkering with keeping a culture going. This can end successfully (in this case of the showy moth flies), or not so...

Taking a quick break from the monotony of isopod sorting, I’ve been doing more incremental species additions and I think this will be more manageable for me ultimately. Although a huge isopod dump is...

For the next week and a half expect a barrage of isopod related posts on my supposedly cockroach site. I’ve been cracking open the project bins and opening many Pandora’s boxes and that will...

With this week’s orders delayed by late heat packs and my drive to clear the backlog in full force, I couldn’t help but get a jump start on sorting and prepping some projects. When...

After a few days without snow I was beginning to feel the spring vibes creeping in, only to have that shattered with another downfall of the oppressive frozen sky fluid. It’s at these times...

After some deliberating I’ve decided to start stocking regal jumping spiders, Phidippus regius. They are wonderful pet spiders and certainly the most consistently engaging arachnid pet (pet holes are fun for a few seconds...

Today was my busiest shipping day ever with a few orders delayed until tomorrow. With real winter temperatures approaching, proper packaging and shipping services are more important than ever. Indoors, there are more comical...

It’s been great to be back into the swing of things and the changes I’ve made to my business model have been extremely satisfactory for me. I hope that others have noticed some of...

Patience is a virtue some virtuously lack. Impatient for adult goliath beetles, one of my friends purchased an adult male from none other than Bugs in Cyberspace and had it shipped to me for...

As we pass the halfway point this January I take a moment to panic about everything that needs to be done by spring. The fruits of many winter endeavors won’t be reaped for many...

I have been absent from many online communities for some time now, due to a complex combination of circumstances, but have noticed a very dramatic shift in isopod cultivation. The focus now seems to...

Thanks to Adam Micyus of Roachville, Roach Crossing will now be stocking his revolutionary new barrier material. Check out the Supplies and Substrate page for pricing and more info. -Kyle

While taking some colony pictures for a trade I noticed a tiny comedy unfold. Her face buried in a rotting apple piece, an adult female Therea regularis was flicking her rear legs at a...

So far this winter has been pleasantly mild and while I’m not complaining, field work season will be upon us before we know it. I got the urge to re-do all of my old...

Over the last year or so I’ve been coordinating with Adam of Roachville on acquiring and stocking a revolutionary new enclosure barrier he’s discovered. This new material is inorganic, non-toxic, heat and cold resistant,...

Odd occurrences are to be expected in the bug room somedays and today was no exception. I have been working on some new methods for composting wood for detritivorous animals and among the techniques...

Two weeks ago I received some Goliathus goliatus larvae from Bugs in Cyberspace. Curious about communally housing this species despite numerous warnings, I put two of my larvae in 32 oz cups of mycelium-infused...

Let’s hope 2021 is far better than 2020! May an exciting year of new bugs and insect discoveries await you! -Kyle

While packing some lobster roaches (Nauphoeta cinerea, or “woodies” for the handful of Aussie visitors) today I reflected on how useful this species is. They were one of the first dozen species I ever...

I hope everyone’s holidays are going as well as they can during these times!I’ll be continuing the new species additions into the fast-approaching New Year and still have a long way to go, but...

Wherever you are, whatever you’re celebrating, and however your season’s been going, I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy (almost) New Year! Let’s hope the coming months are better than 2020!...

One of the gateway drug bugs is undoubtedly the common mealworm, Tenebrio molitor. The species has been a staple of laboratories, zoos, and classrooms for over a century, functioning as an easy feeder and...

Every year, the day after the winter solstice I love to say… it’s spring. In three (debatably) short months, the sun will shine, the birds will sing, the flowers will bloom, and summer in...

Though roaches have been my main “thing” for years, in the background I’ve always had a lot of other projects running. Among them, a constantly churning slew of isopod morphs and localities. Many household...

One of the best things about insects is finding little secrets about their anatomy, biology, or physiology. Today while photographing some yellow-bellied sun beetles I found something very funny. The dorsal and ventral surfaces...

Considering the white wasteland outside I’m quite content to be indoors chipping away at site work. The New Species page is getting quite a few additions and my goal is to have at least...

About a week ago spurred on by the interests of a friend I decided it was time to work with some larger beetles. I’ve been quite fond of the cetoniines I’ve worked with over...

Greetings everyone, As some have noticed, there have been sizable changes to the content and aesthetic of the site. The last few years haven’t been ideal for me, but I feel some things have...