I think it smells more offensive than that (at least to me). But I do find lat's to be the one roach that smells the most... keeping them has given me thoughts of buying an air purifier for the room...I started feeding B. (or S) lateralis to my tarantulas a few days ago, and noticed that the females in particular - at least I think they're the females! - emit a sticky liquid when captured. Sweet smelling, much like over-ripe fruit, the liquid is obviously some form of defence, and I was wondering if it is indeed, only the females that emit it?
The madiera roaches also puke on you, take a dump and spine you. That makes them pretty cute in my book.Mine don't seem to smell but they do have the sticky stuff. Maybe I don't have enough of them to be smelly. The only smelly roaches I have are the madeirans. They only smell when I'm disturbing them though, usually during feeding time. They smell kind of like cigarrettes. They squeak too
If they barf on you, poop on you, poke/kick/prod... sounds just like a human baby.... how cute !!
