The peppered roaches: huge, speckled, slow-moving display animals from Central America, among the largest roaches anyone keeps and among the gentlest.
They neither fly meaningfully nor climb smooth surfaces well, live for years, and handle with a calm that makes them ambassador animals for the whole class. Colonies establish steadily on warmth, cover, deep substrate, and fruit-and-grain feeding.
Colony economics govern, softened by scale: these breed slowly for roaches, so modest premiums hold longer than in the fast species before the standard erosion arrives. The genus trades to the display side of the roach hobby, where the peppered giant is the standard recommendation for a first large species, and a starter colony remains a one-time purchase measured in years of animals.
The line on each tile: lowest ask per day.
Rarity BETA Rarity is supply, and only supply: the tier is how many sellers have ever carried a species, and for a single seller, how many separate listings. Price is not part of it, and neither is how recently it appeared. Tiers are given to tarantula species only.