Added 10 August 2006. Last updated 26 July 2015 with article from SA 2014:4.
The following is a guide to insect-related articles that have appeared within herpetological magazines within the last few years. It is an ongoing project, ie I am effectively cataloguing these entries myself from the actual magazines, some of which are harder to get hold of than others (especially when they are no longer being published!). I hope however that some people will find it useful, especially if researching a single species or looking for some care guidance.
Insects covered here include those kept as pets in their own right, those raised as food insects, and those species which fall into both categories. Some listed here fall into the category of insects of economic or medical significance.
|
Species |
Article |
Magazine |
Issue |
Author |
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Acanthodis |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Acheta spp, House Crickets |
Crickets, Locusts and Grasshoppers |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Acrida |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Acrididae |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Acromyrex, Leafcutting Ants |
Small-scale farming! |
PRK |
8 |
Colin Dunlop |
|
Blattschneiderameisen Spezialisten im Regenwald [Leaf cutter ants - rainforest specialists] |
D |
15 |
Ralf Wanders |
|
|
Acromyrex octospinosus, Leafcutting Ants |
Small-scale farming! |
PRK |
8 |
Colin Dunlop |
|
Acyrthosiphon pisum, Pea Aphid |
Die Erbsenblattlaus ein ungewöhnliches Futtertier [The pea aphid - an unusual feeder animal] |
D |
28 |
Lars Österdahl |
|
Alienobostra brocki |
Sticks on Fire |
PRK |
20 |
Ed Baker |
|
Amaurodes passerinii, Flower Chafer |
Keeping and Breeding the Flower Chafer, ~ |
R |
46 |
Miguel Tomás Ráfales |
|
Anacridium aegyptium, Egyptian Locust |
The Egyptian Locust, ~ |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Anacridium melanorhodon |
The Egyptian Locust, ~ [passim] |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Anobium punctatum, Furniture Beetle/Woodworm |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Anopheles |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Anthrenus, Carpet Beetles |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Aretaon asperrimus |
Spiny Phasmids: Family Heteropterygidae. Part 2: Subfamilies Obriminae and Dataminae |
R |
47 |
Sergei Romeu |
|
Atta, Leafcutting Ants |
Small-scale farming! |
PRK |
8 |
Colin Dunlop |
|
Blattschneiderameisen Spezialisten im Regenwald [Leaf cutter ants - rainforest specialists] |
D |
15 |
Ralf Wanders |
|
|
Atta cephalotes, Leafcutting Ants |
Small-scale farming! |
PRK |
8 |
Colin Dunlop |
|
Atta sexdens, Leafcutting Ants |
Small-scale farming! |
PRK |
8 |
Colin Dunlop |
|
Atta texana, Leafcutting Ants |
Small-scale farming! |
PRK |
8 |
Colin Dunlop |
|
Attagenus pelli, Fur Beetle |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Aularches miliaris |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Batrachornis |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Blaberus sp, Blaberus Roaches |
Raising Roaches |
PRK |
8 |
Dr Mark Webb |
|
Blaberus craniifer, Death's Head Roach |
Raising Roaches |
PRK |
8 |
Dr Mark Webb |
|
Blaberus discoidalis, Discoid Roach |
Raising Roaches |
PRK |
8 |
Dr Mark Webb |
|
Blaptica dubia, Argentine/Dubia Roach |
Raising Roaches |
PRK |
8 |
Dr Mark Webb |
|
Blatta lateralis [Shelfordella tartara], Turkestan Roach |
Raising Roaches |
PRK |
8 |
Dr Mark Webb |
|
Blatta orientalis, Common Cockroach |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Blatteria, Cockroaches |
Tropische Schaben muntere Liebhaberinsekten, wertvolle Futtertiere oder sogar beides? [Tropical cockroaches - colourful pet insects, valuable food animals, or even both?] |
D |
28 |
Andreas Bauer |
|
Bombyx mori, Silkmoth |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
|
Out of Africa: the importance of invertebrates |
PRK |
69 (12/14) |
Paul Donovan |
|
Brasidas samariensis |
Spiny Phasmids: Family Heteropterygidae. Part 2: Subfamilies Obriminae and Dataminae |
R |
47 |
Sergei Romeu |
|
Camponotus herculeanus |
Genus Acanthodactylus, Fringe-Fingered Lizards in the Wild and in the Terrarium. Part 2. Captive Care and Reproduction |
R |
58 |
Uwe Schlüter |
|
Cetoniidae, Flower Beetles |
The European Flower Beetles of the Family Cetoniidae |
R |
46 |
Marco Uliana |
|
Wesen der Dunkelheit - Wesen des Lichtes: Das geheimnisvolle Leben der Riesen- und Rosenkäfer [Creatures of darkness - creatures of the light: the secretive life of the rhinoceros- and flower beetles] |
D |
9 |
Arndt Löwenberg |
|
|
Flower Beetles of the Family Cetoniidae |
R |
46 |
Miguel Tomás Ráfales |
|
|
Championica |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Chlaenius |
Predator and prey: Interactions between Carabidae (Chlaenius) beetle larvae and anurans |
SA |
2014:4 |
R Vyas, K Upadhyay & G Vora |
|
Cimex lectularius, Bedbug |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Cockroaches |
Élevage de blattes [Breeding cockroaches] |
Si |
3 |
Arnaud & Christophe Baudin |
|
Coleoptera, Beetles |
Did you know? Interesting facts you never knew about ~ |
PR |
45 |
Russell Willis |
|
Copiphora |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Ctenocephalides canis, Common True Dog Flea |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Ctenocephalides felis, Cat Flea |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Dares validispinus |
Spiny Phasmids: Family Heteropterygidae. Part 2: Subfamilies Obriminae and Dataminae |
R |
47 |
Sergei Romeu |
|
Datylopius coccus, Scale Insect |
Out of Africa: the importance of invertebrates |
PRK |
69 (12/14) |
Paul Donovan |
|
Deinacrida |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Deinacrida heteracantha, Giant Weta |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Dermestes lardarius, Larder/Bacon Beetle |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Diapheromera femorata, Common American Walking Stick |
Sticks on Fire |
PRK |
20 |
Ed Baker |
|
Dicronorhina |
~, Terrarium Emeralds |
R |
46 |
Andrea Mangoni |
|
Dictyophorus spumans, Koppie Foam Grasshopper |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Dorcus titanus, Asian Stag Beetle |
The Stag Beetle ~, the Asian Giant |
R |
46 |
Andrea Mangoni |
|
Drosophila, Fruit Flies |
Out of Africa: the importance of invertebrates |
PRK |
69 (12/14) |
Paul Donovan |
|
Drosophila melanogaster, Common Fruit Fly/Vinegar Fly |
Die Zucht der Kleinen Fruchtfliege (Drosophila melanogaster) viele Wege führen zum Erfolg [Breeding the Common Fruitfly (Drosophila melanogaster) - many ways to success |
D |
28 |
Marco Wagemann |
|
Dynastinae, Rhinoceros Beetles |
Wesen der Dunkelheit - Wesen des Lichtes: Das geheimnisvolle Leben der Riesen- und Rosenkäfer [Creatures of darkness - creatures of the light: the secretive life of the rhinoceros- and flower beetles] |
D |
9 |
Arndt Löwenberg |
|
Dysonia, Lichen Katydids |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Epidares nolimetangare |
Spiny Phasmids: Family Heteropterygidae. Part 2: Subfamilies Obriminae and Dataminae |
R |
47 |
Sergei Romeu |
|
Eremiaphila, Praying Mantis |
Observations in Morocco: Searching for the Montpellier Snake |
R |
62 |
Stephanie de Pury, Sascha Esser & Michel Aymerich |
|
Eurycorypha spp |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Gongylus gongyloides, Praying Mantis |
The Wandering Violin: Captive Breeding of the ~ |
R |
26 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Grasshoppers |
Just some colorful ~ [The Invertebrate Corner] |
RH |
2:9 |
Jerry G Walls |
|
Gromphadorhina portentosa, Hissing Cockroach |
Raising Roaches |
PRK |
8 |
Dr Mark Webb |
|
Gryllodes sigillatus, Banded Cricket |
Live Food: The ~ |
R |
31 |
Jon Coote |
|
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa |
Crickets, Locusts and Grasshoppers |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Gryllus campestris, Field Cricket |
Crickets, Locusts and Grasshoppers |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Haaniella dehaanii |
Spiny Phasmids: Family Heteropterygidae. Part 1: Subfamily Heteropteryginae |
R |
45 |
Sergei Romeu |
|
Haaniella muelleri |
Spiny Phasmids: Family Heteropterygidae. Part 1: Subfamily Heteropteryginae |
R |
45 |
Sergei Romeu |
|
Heteropterygidae, Spiny Phasmids |
Spiny Phasmids: Family Heteropterygidae. Part 1: Subfamily Heteropteryginae |
R |
45 |
Sergei Romeu |
|
Spiny Phasmids: Family Heteropterygidae. Part 2: Subfamilies Obriminae and Dataminae |
R |
47 |
Sergei Romeu |
|
|
Heteropteryx dilatata, Malaysian Jungle Nymph |
Reptilia Index of Species 44 |
R |
44 |
Sergi Romeu |
|
Spiny Phasmids: Family Heteropterygidae. Part 1: Subfamily Heteropteryginae |
R |
45 |
Sergei Romeu |
|
|
Laccifer lacca, Indian Lac Scale Insect |
Out of Africa: the importance of invertebrates |
PRK |
69 (12/14) |
Paul Donovan |
|
Lasioderma serricorne, Cigarette Beatle |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Lasius flavus |
Genus Acanthodactylus, Fringe-Fingered Lizards in the Wild and in the Terrarium. Part 2. Captive Care and Reproduction |
R |
58 |
Uwe Schlüter |
|
Lasius fuliginosus |
Genus Acanthodactylus, Fringe-Fingered Lizards in the Wild and in the Terrarium. Part 2. Captive Care and Reproduction |
R |
58 |
Uwe Schlüter |
|
Lasius niger |
Genus Acanthodactylus, Fringe-Fingered Lizards in the Wild and in the Terrarium. Part 2. Captive Care and Reproduction |
R |
58 |
Uwe Schlüter |
|
Lepisma saccharina, Silverfish |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Mantis religiosa, Praying Mantis |
Observations in Morocco: Searching for the Montpellier Snake |
R |
62 |
Stephanie de Pury, Sascha Esser & Michel Aymerich |
|
Megacrania batesii, Peppermint Stick Insect |
Die australische Pfeffermins-Stabschrecke ~ - kein einfacher Pflegling [The Australian Peppermint Stick Insect ~ - not a simple captive] |
D |
9 |
Christoph Seiler und Sven Bradler |
|
Messor barbarus, Mediterranean Ant |
Ant Farm |
R |
18 |
Francisco Javier Cabellero Gasca |
|
Mimetica |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Monarch Butterflies |
Migrating Monarchs |
PR |
46 |
Russ Rozell |
|
Musca domestica, Common House Fly |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Myrmica rubra |
Genus Acanthodactylus, Fringe-Fingered Lizards in the Wild and in the Terrarium. Part 2. Captive Care and Reproduction |
R |
58 |
Uwe Schlüter |
|
Nauphoeta cinerea, Lobster Roach |
Raising Roaches |
PRK |
8 |
Dr Mark Webb |
|
Neostylopyga rhombifolia, Harlequin Roach |
Raising Roaches |
PRK |
8 |
Dr Mark Webb |
|
Notonecta glauca, Water Boatman |
The Marbled Newt Triturus marmoratus |
R |
62 |
Sergi Trócoli |
|
Odontotaenius disjunctus, Horned Passalus/Bess Beetle |
Bess Beetle Basics [Spineless Wonders] |
Rs |
11:12 |
Arthur V Evans |
|
Oedipoda |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Omura |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Onomarchus |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Oreophoetes peruana, Peruvian Fern Stick Insect |
Pumarinri 2007 |
R |
58 |
Jordi Giralt, Josep Canela & Lluis Dalmau |
|
Sticks on Fire |
PRK |
20 |
Ed Baker |
|
|
Oreophoetes topoense |
Sticks on Fire |
PRK |
20 |
Ed Baker |
|
Orestes [Datames] mouhotii |
Spiny Phasmids: Family Heteropterygidae. Part 2: Subfamilies Obriminae and Dataminae |
R |
47 |
Sergei Romeu |
|
Orthoptera |
Crickets, Locusts and Grasshoppers |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
|
Osmia rufa, Mason Bee |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Palembus dermestoides, "Asthma Beetle" |
The "Asthma Beetle" and its use in folk medicine |
R |
57 |
Kriton Kunz |
|
Palembus ocularis, "Asthma Beetle" |
The "Asthma Beetle" and its use in folk medicine |
R |
57 |
Kriton Kunz |
|
Panchlora nivea, Green Banana Cockroach |
Die Grüne Schabe, ~ LINNAEUS, Haltung und Zucht als Futtertier [The Green Banana Cockroach, ~ LINNAEUS, husbandry and reproduction as food animal] |
SA |
1992:2 |
U Ziegler |
|
Parasphendale affinis, Mantid |
Index of Species 24 |
R |
24 |
? |
|
Pareupocnemis syriaca |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Petaloptera sp, Leaf Katydids |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Phasmids [stick insects] |
Jungle Nymphs and Other Giant Walking Sticks |
R&AH |
4:9 |
Russell Willis |
|
Phasmids |
R |
13 |
Sergi Romeu Vallés |
|
|
Phasmiden (Gespenstschrecken, Stabschrecken und Wandelnde Blätter) [Phasmids (Phasmatodea, stick insects and leaf insects [?])] |
D |
9 |
Sven Bradler & Christoph Seiler |
|
|
Phasmiden als Haustiere [Phasmids as pets] |
D |
9 |
Christoph Seiler und Sven Bradler |
|
|
Phimateus |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Pholidoptera griseoptera |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Phrynotettix |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Phrynotettix robustus, Stone Cricket |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Platymeris sp, Assassin Bugs |
Assassin Bugs in the Terrarium |
R |
37 |
Paul Donovan |
|
Polychne spp |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Princisa vanwaerebeki, Hissing Cockroach |
Raising Roaches |
PRK |
8 |
Dr Mark Webb |
|
Prionosthenus galericulatus |
Six-Legged Dragons, ~ |
R |
55 |
Marco Salemi |
|
Pterochrozo ocellata, South American Eye-Winged Katydid |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Pulex irritans, Human Flea |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Rhypharobia maderae, Madeira Roach |
Raising Roaches |
PRK |
8 |
Dr Mark Webb |
|
Saga pedo, Bush Cricket |
Crickets, Locusts and Grasshoppers |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Sasima |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Schistocerca gregaria, Desert Locust |
Crickets, Locusts and Grasshoppers |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
|
Shelfordella tartara |
Breeding Cockroaches ~ |
R |
38 |
F Bruse |
|
Sparassidae, Huntsman Spiders |
Biology and Captive Breeding of ~ |
R |
17 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Sphodromantis mantids |
Some Observations on Keeping, Breeding and Rearing ~ |
IR |
6:8 |
Martin Eustace |
|
Stag Beetles, various coleopterid spp. |
Beetle-mania! |
PR |
31 (4/00) |
Russell Willis |
|
Sungaya inexpectata |
Spiny Phasmids: Family Heteropterygidae. Part 2: Subfamilies Obriminae and Dataminae |
R |
47 |
Sergei Romeu |
|
Tenebrio molitor, Morios, Giant Mealworms |
Be prepared! [Setting up a breeding colony of morios] |
PRK |
69 (12/14) |
Richard White |
|
Tettigonia |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Theopropus elegans, Banded Flower Mantis |
Biology and captive breeding of ~ |
PR |
45 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Thermobia domestica [Thermophila furnurum], Firebrat |
Die Ofenfischchenzucht eine Möglichkeit, mit geringem Aufwand für ein wenig Abwechslung im Speiseplan unserer Vivarientiere zu sorgen! [Breeding the Firebrat - the chance, for a little effort, to create a little variation in the diets of our terrarium animals!] |
D |
28 |
Marco Wagemann |
|
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
|
Trachyaretaon bruekneri |
Spiny Phasmids: Family Heteropterygidae. Part 2: Subfamilies Obriminae and Dataminae |
R |
47 |
Sergei Romeu |
|
Trogoderma granarium, Khapra Beetle |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Typhophyllum |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
Urocercus gigas, Horntail Wasp |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Xestobium rufovillosum, Death-Watch Beetle |
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
Zonocercus |
Crickets and Grasshoppers: Defense and Survival |
R |
59 |
Francesco Tomasinelli |
|
General Invertebrate Articles |
Magazine |
Issue |
Author |
|
|
Breeding Crickets for Prey |
R |
38 |
F Bruse |
|
|
Breeding Fruit Flies |
R |
38 |
F Bruse |
|
|
Fliegen als Futter für Terrarientiere [Flies as food for terrarium animals] |
AMP |
2/02 |
Peter Janzen |
|
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Hong Kong Insects [covers mainly phasmids] |
IR |
6:7 |
Paul D Brock |
|
|
Introducing Roaches [book review] |
The Cage Papers |
R&AH |
7:2 |
? |
|
Invertebrate Prey for Terrarium Animals |
R |
38 |
F Bruse and H Werning |
|
|
Nature's Secret Army |
PRK |
20 |
David C Wareham |
|
|
Raising Roaches |
PRK |
8 |
Dr Mark Webb |
|
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