I find these inside tall pine stumps. They are not as common as the P. lata and P. divisa, but in certain stumps I find more of these P. pennsylvanica than the other two species that inhabit still standing dead pine trees. I failed the first time I tried to keep these. I had one female and several males. The oothecae the female I had laid did not hatch. I probably kept the oothecae too moist so they rotted. Now I have another chance at breeding these. I caught some October 20th and October 22nd 2014. I caught three females and three males. I sent two pairs to Alan Jeon for breeding. Alan Jeon is trying to breed the females that are macropterous. Because that one female I had before was macropterous and because of this picture of a macropterous Parcoblatta pennsylvanica female from Orange County, NC (http://www.carolinanature.com/insects/cockroach90273.jpg) there is a chance he will be able to breed the macropterous form of Parcoblatta pennsylvanica.
I was told by Alan Jeon that this is a real Parcoblatta fulvescens and not one of those common "Possible Caudelli" Parcoblatta. I got several oothecae from her and many nymphs hatched. I sent 10 of her nymphs to Kevin Young for him to breed. She is still living right now, but she is showing signs of ware and tare with some of her legs and antennae broken off. I captured her in our neighborhood during the night on the edge of a sidewalk near the lawn grass. There were plums on the ground there from a plum tree growing in the yard. This male in the pictures below is possibly truly the Parcoblatta caudelli species. This male is the only one I remember seeing of the likes of this Parcoblatta. He is strange. Unfortunately I lost his dead body. I kept him in a too moist container and when I saw him he was already rotten. I put him somewhere but then forgot about him. Oh!, with his dead body an entomologist could have maybe found out what he was!... but, alas, it is not to be... lol Pictures of Parcoblatta uhleriana below: "Possible caudelli" pictures below: Interesting rhinoceros beetle. Looks more like a Bess Beetle than a Rhino beetle to me. This summer I have found two of these Phileurus truncatus (One male and one female) at a Wilco Hess Station at nights. The male died soon after I caught him so I am not certain if he mated with the female. The female is still living and seems healthy. I am keeping her in our refrigerator until I can ferment different types of wood to see if she will lay eggs in.
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