Conditions of detention Megaloblatta blaberoides

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Shevg

Second Instar
Hello !
I have 6 nymphs living here Megaloblatta blaberoides. I ask for help from those who have created or maintained this type. Interested in humidity and temperature. As well as feeding.

 
They are generally not difficult. Humidity is high, as for all cockroaches of the tropical rainforest (for example, Blaberus), the temperature is 25-30 C °. They eat everything, rather gluttonous. Ooteca lie for a very long time, it is better to incubate them separately, at high humidity and it is advisable to drop them with a substrate. Our first ooteca lasted for over a year.

 
Thanks ! Humidity as a percentage, can you tell me ? The seller told me the temperature was 22-24 degrees. I warned you that the above is bad. I didn't even want to send the nymphs at a temperature of 26-30 degrees. It was hot weather.

 
Thanks ! Do they live with you or have they been there before ? Are these figures correct in terms of temperature ? Did my salesman cheat me ? Could I have killed the nymphs ?

 
You might find this thread by @Xenoblatta useful:



As far as I know, rearing is easy, the diet isn't too hard, and you'll want to keep them quite warm and very humid, (I'd suggest good ventilation too). But I don't think anyone has successfully hatched Megaloblatta oothecae without surgically opening them... Unless @Gromphadorhini is saying otherwise.

 
Thanks ! I read this forum thread. But there are no temperature and humidity values anywhere. I have read all the branches from on this forum Megaloblatta . There are no temperature and humidity values anywhere. Only you wrote to me. Do you keep this kind ? What about the words of the seller (22-24 degrees)?

 
Shevg said:
Thanks ! I read this forum thread. But there are no temperature and humidity values anywhere. I have read all the branches from on this forum Megaloblatta . There are no temperature and humidity values anywhere. Only you wrote to me. Do you keep this kind ? What about the words of the seller (22-24 degrees)?
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Haha I wish I could keep this species, but they've never entered the US hobby as far as I know. :(  I would aim for 77-85 degrees Fahrenheit personally (25-29 C), for a tropical roach like this.

 
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Thanks ! I'll do that. Feed what ? I feed them with vegetables and fruits. Definitely mushrooms. And rotten wood. About the exit of young nymphs. The seller wrote that the ooteks were lying in wet soil. Long. About a year. But everyone came out on their own.

 
The conditions of our laboratory: the temperature is in the range of 25—30 (they do not suffer from fluctuations at all, if they are smooth). Humidity not less than 80%, absolute ventilation, that is, through holes in a plastic container (on opposite walls) with a diameter of 15 cm, tightened with a thin steel wire mesh. Substrate 1—2 cm (coconut peat), food — apples and food for cats and/or dogs, gammarus. Cannibalist. Ooteca incubate under the same conditions, but in separate containers, the maximum incubation period is more than a year, but they may come out earlier. Nymphs grow for a long time, more than a year.

 
Thank you very much! Very detailed. Just what you need. What city is the laboratory in ? And do you not give mushrooms (champignons)? They love me very much.

 
Dear Gromphadorhini

 I apologize for so many questions. You've already told me a lot. No one knows so much except you. Thank you in advance​

 
Shevg said:
Thanks ! I'll do that. Feed what ? I feed them with vegetables and fruits. Definitely mushrooms. And rotten wood. About the exit of young nymphs. The seller wrote that the ooteks were lying in wet soil. Long. About a year. But everyone came out on their own.
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I would offer dog food, fruits and vegetables. Mushrooms are probably not needed at all, they don't appear to be fungivores. And I highly doubt they eat rotten wood at all.

 
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