Roachbread's Bug Blog

 Hi. This post is probably going to be short but I would like to show the enclosures that I have made for a few of the bugs I collected in Berastagi from the last post. This won't showcase all bugs, I just want to show my personal favorites. First is the one unidentified harvestman species (Pseudogagrella sp.) Pseudogagrella sp. enclosure This is their temporary setup, I am probably going to upgrade them to a larger tub soon but in here I tried to go for an abandoned/ruined structure look. I would say I did kind of achieve it..? Pseudogagrella sp. As you can see in the picture there seems to be two color variants. I'm not sure if these are just different morphs or species but I found them living together communally so I am assuming both are Pseudogagrella species. I found these guys living in a tree inside the cracks in its bark. They liked to hide in it so I think the little decor piece in the middle would provide something similar. Next one is the huntsman juvenile I collecte...

 Hello again! Welcome to this post. I had just finished exploring a district in Northern Sumatra called "Berastagi" which is known for its beauty in nature and uhh.. Lots, lots, of spiders. Which is a great thing! 😁  But spiders weren't the only thing in Berastagi though, there were a lot of other cool verts and inverts. So now, let's go through all the highlights and things I collected. 😃 Just at the moment I arrived at the hotel I was going to stay in, I spotted a Uloborus walckanaerius mother with her slings. You can see the mother below the egg sac. When I was told there were a lot of spiders, they really meant it, lol 😆  A few hours later, I went out to an urban area but still has a lot of greens, bushes, and trees. I thought it may look as if not many bugs would choose to be here, but oh was I wrong. Immediately, I spotted a couple of these really pretty locality of Bradybaena similaris. I have never seen this coloration before! I love the red banding on the ...