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I need to know for a website, i'm trying to build up "friends" from other Countries to support a mission to learn about cockroaches, debunk myths they are all pests, and to learn about all the species found worldwide. But I need to start looking where there is the most cockroaches species in a...

The mad scientist (me) has been very busy these past few months with my dubia colony. My nymphs for my color experiment are finally starting to mature. I am noticing rather large nymphs this batch, larger than normal. All my dubia are from the same Mom so genetics are the same. I am not sure...

I keep roaches as pets so I don't need to worry what they eat bothering something that would eat them. A while back I gave my dubia and hissers pesticide free Rose leaves (not cleaned) and they devoured them! I noticed after a day or two they ignored the leaves remaining and vigorously ate...

And did a wingless species like Hissers at one point in time have wings, or were they always wingless? The thought of a flying hisser is so cool! Whatever this species is, it most resembles a hissing roach with wings, awesome!

I just realized my small colony of pet roaches exhibits learnt behavior. Each night before bed I change the food in my roach tank, and usually (unless enough moisture present) gently mist the cage with water. I noticed after a few days, baby or newly added roaches learn when it's time to eat...

Probably the best and most informative show on cockroaches I've seen!

I ordered a few dubia roaches, and they were very thin. I fed them and they eagerly ate the food until they got fatter. Hours later a few suddenly acted sluggish and stopped walking around, by morning they had died. Others that came with them and were thin ended up living and were fine, im...

I bought a dubia with something sticking sideways out of it's rectum, it does not retract back in and sometimes it moves. It's grayish and at the end is a thin black hook, I cant get a photo right now. I was wondering if its the gential or a parasite, and if a gential how does this happen, the...

I witnessed one of my hisser females mate in August, that's 5 months ago! I never saw an aborted egg case and was doubting mabye she never got pregnant yet she remained fat. Today I witnessed her air her egg case and it's back in, so she is fertile. How many more months until birth? This is...

As far as temp, diet, etc are they all the same?

I know Orin has a line going of white eyed roaches, I also know fruit flies from laboratories now come in a wide variety of eye and body colors. I also had found white eyed and red eyed individuals of the feeder house crickets. All of these mutations aren't due to diet or they would be very...

It did this by itself for no apparent reason

20 gallon long ;)

I have a strange cockroach nymph, I think it might be a craniifer or collosus (spelling?) when it walks it suddenly stops moving and shakes furiously, it cannot walk when this happens and if you touch it won't walk or run away. A few seconds later the shaking stops and it will act normal again...

These look just like Dubia except different color, how are they not related?

I used to keep dubia in egg crates long ago, but even with a good diet they never thrived. I switched to repti bark as substrate and have real wood decor in the tank along with giving rotting tree bark and old leaves. I notice after the roaches eat food they ingest bark, it happens daily and I...

Species needs to be any Hisser, dubia, or craniifer/fusca. Want to buy if you are lucky to find one in your colony.

I have the old allpet roach book and saw the site front with some pet roach species. Although it gives basic info, I think everything should be started over with detailed info and more photos. I recall size, guessed lifespan, diet, and whether they climb or not given, but more information about...