Roachhopper

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Roachhopper
(Saltoblatta detaridus)
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15/101, gamma-ray burst
Creator Hydromancerx Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Binucleozoa
Symbiovermes
Thoracocephalia
Entomocarcinia
Gryllocarides
Saltocaridae
Saltoblatta
Saltoblatta detaridus
Week/Generation 11/70
Habitat Ittiz-Ovi Desert
Size 15 cm Long
Support Unknown
Diet Detritivore (fauna dung and dead floral matter)
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Unknown
Reproduction Sexual (Lays a brood of small, soft, Snail-like eggs in dung).


The roachhopper split from the scuttlehopper. It now eats the waist and dead organic matter of the creatures in Ittiz Desert. Like their ancestor they are nocturnal and feed at night. They have changed their color to match the rusty-red sands. It is no longer dependent upon the plurge plants for laying their eggs and will lay them in dung of larger creatures. Once they hatch they get a full meal from the dung they are laid in. Once they reach adulthood they will hop away to look for a mate. Once they mate they will look for dung to go lay their eggs in. Once laid they will die. The front mandible have evolved little hairs on the front so it can better scoop up food.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)
  • Plated-Carapace Krugg (class Entomocarcinia)