#hissingcockroach

[mollyvega]

A Madagascar hissing cockroach I made for a client about a month ago. Such a fascinating species and so cute! 💜 . . . #cockroach #hissingcockroach #bug #insect #insectart #fiberart #textile #textileart #handmade #art #sewing #seamstress #softsculpture #sculpture https://www.instagram.com/p/CC4OsVXl9mD/?igshid=1xmkqhsh2x9lz

[exoticanimalia]

I decided to make this account so I could freely boast about my little aliens.

[reptilearts]

Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches for today's Daily Creature Illustration ☺️ You can find prints & stickers on my Etsy Shop 😁 #madagascarhissingcockroach #hissingcockroach #roach #art #nadilyn #nadilynbeatosart #nadilynbeatostickers #reptilearts #reptileart #reptilestickers #etsy #handmade #digitalart #mydailycreature #invertebrates #wacom https://www.instagram.com/p/B4d-xNABe_P/?igshid=z9h1yb1yvhft

[thisiswhydubai]

The Green Planet

Dubai is not by any means green.  But for those of us who like to pretend, there’s The Green Planet, Dubai’s indoor tropical rainforest.  It’s a standalone bio-dome that is home to over 3,000 plants and animals.  Seemed perfect for entertaining visitors, and with Gramps and Bethan (the girls’ grandparents) in town, we decided to check it out.

Dubai likes superlatives and here we encountered another one - the largest indoor life-sustaining man-made tree in the world.  It was a pretty impressive fake tree serving as a home to exotic birds (toucans, parrots, etc. flying around), a sloth, chameleons, porcupines and other random animals.  

It was fun getting to see, touch, and learn about the various animals in the bio-dome, and it felt wonderfully refreshing to breathe clean air.  I loved the leaf-cutter ant colony and the brown/turquoise chameleon.  The entrance fee was a little steep but my folks definitely got their money’s worth - Gramps got to hold a hissing cockroach (eeewwwwwwwww!) and Bethan got pooped on by a toucan.  I’d call this experience a win.

[trashcanclown]

please don’t step on me, i am but a lil bug

first costume ive ever made, third time using a sewing machine !

[megagroundsloth]

Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) I used to keep this species as a pet for many years. They reach a size of about 5 to 8 cm and live up to 5 years. They don't have wings, but they can easily scale smooth glass. The offspring looks cute. They are so-called nymphs, so they already look very similar to the adults. Only in tiny. The tiny ones were always great escape artists. Again and again I collected the little adventurers and freed them from fluff. The adults live in groups and communicate by hissing noises. There are three different hissing sounds. Both sexes can do the disturbance hiss "F*ck off!". Only males can make two more sounds: the female-attracting hiss and the aggressive fighting hiss. The males can be recognized by their horns and bushy antennae. There is one in the middle of the second picture. The females have humps instead of horns. Females carry their eggs (ootheca) internally, and release the young nymphs only after her offspring have emerged within her. After that, they usually stay close together for some time. --------------------------------- ⠀ ↪ FOLLOW ↩ 🙎 #megagroundsloth 🐇 #megapetsloth --------------------------------- #gromphadorhina #hissingcockroach #madagascarhissingcockroach #insectos #madagaskar #naturaleza #insecta #tiere #cockroach #schaben #species #entomology #insekt #zoology #roaches #hisser #zoologia #terrariumlove #macrophoto #insetti #dieren #animalia #beautifulcreatures #biologie #entomologia #bicho #dierenfotografie #sixlegs (hier: Oberursel) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcVZ1sotzOB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[trashcanclown]

a broken doll, overrun by bugs

[jwrimages]

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Sadly, Maddie, a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach who lived with our son, daughter-in-law & grandson in California has died. She brought joy to some & disgust to many. RIP. #cockroach #madagascar #hissingcockroach #jwrimages (at Richmond, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD0-muHh-72/?igshid=12huahecublxi