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I have a pregnant female Hisser and in the same tank is a mature male Hisser. The male suddenly is hissing very often to the female and head butting her multiple times, almost like he's trying to flip her over. He hisses loudly as this is going on. The female is slightly larger than him, and...

I have an oblongonata female who's been pregnant for 3 months and is so fat she's almost as fat as a hot dog! Her abdomen tilts as she walks from the weight inside. When can I expect her to give birth?

One long wing, one short wing. The short wing is not chewed, it kind of curls under, and I dont see any under wing, it even is angled where the left wing is straight. Look at the cerci, they are even 2 different sizes. Freak male or hermaphrodite?

I have a strange dubia nymph. It's the only one out of 50+ that is doing this. The nymph looks like any other, it's healthy looking at glance and is eating and going to the bathroom and is the same size and color as its siblings. The trouble is sometimes it doesn't move like its dead even when...

Just wondering who is usually larger, males or females?

I've always been interested in seeing how well winged roaches in the hobby fly. I have owned dubia, giganteus, and fusca. Dubia supposedly can't fly, but from what I heard wild specimens can. I have witnessed dubia flutter and glide shortly at best, not able to gain altitude or stay at one...

I am not sure why but many people swear roaches love to eat rose leaves. I have garden and wild roses in my area, which are safe for roaches? I also have apple tree leaves ( apples and roses are related) could roaches eat that too?

I went through a pet stores dubia colony to pick out odd colored nymphs, but now I noticed a few nymphs dont look like dubia nymphs wing pads are larger, striping is different, and color pattern different. Look at 2 largest nymphs in this photo, what species could they be?

This is from someone elses dubia colony, but look how much they vary! I also found 2 odd ones (the smallest) with fat abdomens, but flat heads and raised wing pads, going to see if they outgrow and repair themselves, all these roaches are now in my tank at home to grow. From what I can tell I...

As many of you know with dubia roaches (and a few other species) sometimes we find individuals that are very light or even darker than usual. People are still puzzled by why this occurs, could it be severe inbreeding,genetic, improper diet/housing, or something else? I am currently breeding 2...

Sometime in 2013 (around June and on) I will have to give away more dubias and hissing cockroaches i'm raising, I work hard raising them but shipping to people is not an option. I live in West Babylon, NY (suffolk county) and am looking for pet stores and people who might be interested in some...

This has to be the coolest roach species yet! http://io9.com/5937377/these-glow+in+the+dark-cockroaches-look-exactly-like-jawas

I give my frog a chance to actively hunt outside. http://youtu.be/JO9UOgzc8qA

I read somewhere father hissing cockroaches in the wild eat bird droppings to give precious nitrogen to there young. Is this true, and any way to replicate, what about bird droppings...

One of my adult female dubia has tried to shed again, I would not have believed it was possible if I never saw it, but it's true. Sadly, only half her skin split so the other half is still on with no way to come off, and it looks like her insides came out for some strange reason. If she had done...

I have 2 large G oblongonata female nymphs, both were nearly solid black but under light I can see a maroonish tint. One shed and now is the size of a adult male vanwierbeki, has orangish-yellow coloring on most of the body, but still has white patches on what I call "wing pads" which most G...

If you want to fatten your Dubias or have limited food resources, feed them this baby food flavor! They will swarm over it I use it for my colony with excellent results. Alternate with fresh fruits, vegetables, and pet kibble for best results...

I have a dubia nymph that isnt growing to next instar. I got him from someone and he had odd coloring, he was really thin which I figured from a huge colony not all will be big and fat. I brought him home and he ate great, got better coloring, got longer, and got fat. This was 3 months ago. The...

When a male Hisser is trying to mate with a female, does he hiss very loud multiple times and try to lock his abdomen with hers?

What foods found outdoors can I feed my hisser's, they are eating the wood decor in my tank so I figure mabye there is some natural food I can give them.