Elliptorhina chopardi | Dwarf Hissing Cockroach
 
Elliptorhina chopardi is a pretty hissing cockroach with beautiful yellows and browns in colouration. An uncommon species in the hobby, very easy to look after and breed, they also like to burrow and climb.
 
Elliptorhina chopardi are probably the second smallest of the hissing cockroaches
 
 
 
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 as cross breeding is unfortunatitly far too common 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: Elliptorhina
Species: chopardi
 
How I Keep Mine
Housing: 
Any kind of see through plastic or glass container with a tight fitting lid, the nymphs of Elliptorhina chopardi will squeeze out of anything. Plenty of ventilation is a must.
 
Substrate:
Elliptorhina chopardi like a damp leaf litter with a little peat moss or coco coir mixed in.
 
Temperature:
Room temperture 20 - 22ºC / 68 - 72ºF
A heat mat can be put on one of the sides to increas growth and breeding rates.
 
Humidity:
70-85%
 
Food:
Elliptorhina chopardi Dwarf Hissing Cockroach will eat apple, orange, lettuce, green cabbage, carrot.