Recent content by Psycada

I have two tanks of hissing cockroaches, separated by gender, next to each other. The male tank has one hisser that, for the last couple of nights, has been hissing and trying to mate with the other males.Including that one, there are five males in the tank. I have checked multiple times and am...

One of my hissers has an ootheca out right now, but my mom's not exactly a fan of having any baby hissers in the house anytime soon. Is there any way of getting rid of it or is it something we have to go through with?

So, one of my roaches is molting and is 3/4ths out, and another roach is on top of it drooling a semi-clear substance. What is this behaviour and should I stop it? http://psycada.tumblr.com/post/175255614898/can-someone-on-bugblr-explain-whats-happening here is a video  

Might sound silly, but I've had an older nymph that I SWEAR was female a while ago, and just now I've noticed on very close inspection that it's got male parts. I know a lot of animals, including insects to mammals, have been able to show traits of the opposite gender. Is this possible with...

So I’ve had a female roach that’s nearly a year old, and recently she’s been on the wall of the tank, wiggling her abdomen around, and sitting in a sorta hunched pose. Is there a meaning to this? A little bit of her carapace right above her head is a bit bent, is she about to molt? I searched...

I currently have some hssing roach nymphs from the same egg sac and I was wondering, if they happened they happened to breed (not purposefully) and have nymphs would that harm the nymph genetics? I'm separating them anyway as I don't want more nymphs OR incest, but I'm curious on if incest will...

I checked on my roaches today to find 4-5 nymphs around my only adult female. These nymphs are from another roach that was given away, leaving this female the only adult. This is my first time raising nymphs and I just want to know: do nymphs usually flock to the nearest adult? Is it for...

I'm currently raising some hissers in Tennessee, one adult and a few nymphs. Hoping I can get some more species like giant cave cockroaches or dominos!