10 x Gyna caffrorum | Chrome Cockroach
 
An amazing looking burrowing cockroach, that can climb as adults but much prefer to burrow under the substrate and will go quite deep. Quick little things too!
 
Gyna caffrorum Females are bigger than the Gyna caffrorum males but both are just a beautiful as each other. Gyna caffrorum can, will and do fly, it's a stunning sight to witness
 
NOTE:
It is essential to keep any cockroach species in it's own enclosure to prevent cross breeding with similar species. This is extremely relevent to any of the hissing cockroaches or species in the same Genus as cross breeding can happen and it is imperative to keep any species pure.
WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON HAVING PURE COCKROACH SPECIES AND ALWAYS STATE THE GENUS AND SPECIES, IF THERE IS NO GENUS OR SPECIES NAMED, THEN IT IS EITHER UNKNOWN OR A HYBRID.
 
Scientific Classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blaberidae
Genus: Gyna
Species: caffrorum
 
How I Keep Mine
Housing: 
Any kind of see through plastic or glass container with a tight fitting lid, the adults will squeeze out of anything. Plenty of ventilation is a must.
 
Substrate:
I keep these on damp leaf litter
 
Temperature:
Room temperature 18 - 22ºC / 64 - 71ºF
A heat mat can be put on one of the sides to increas growth and breeding rates.
 
Humidity:
70 - 85%
 
Food:
Leaf litter, apple, carrot, orange, butternut squash.