Experimenting with Fruits and Vegetables

Food #5: Broccoli (only ate the crown)

Yes

B. cabrerai

No

G. portentosa

R. cf. capelloi

E. floridana

OK

E. posticus

L. verrucosa

Evaluation: Not all that popular with the roaches. Ones that did eat the broccoli only ate the crown and left the rest. I suspect part of the reason B. cabrerai actually ate most is because their colony is huge. Not recommended as a food source or even a snack.

 
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Your findings with broccoli are interesting. I never expected roaches to dislike something THAT much, I mean come on... They're roaches!

I've never tried cantaloupe with roaches before, but my darkling beetles and muttlids love it! Maybe too juicy for the roaches?

This should be a sticky thread so others can see it in the future :)

 
Food #6: Romaine Lettuce (the staple food for the eastern lubber grasshopper, Romalea gutatta, colony, so there's always some extra)

Yes

*L. verrucosa

*R. cf capelloi

*B. craniifer

*E. posticus

No

*G. portentosa

OK

Evaluation: A good snack it seems for a variety of species. Likely quite nutritious too. Not a lot of moisture unless freshly washed before being dropped in the enclosure and it can be rather pricey, but it's a nice variation in diet from time to time I'm sure.

 
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Tenevanica said:
Your findings with broccoli are interesting. I never expected roaches to dislike something THAT much, I mean come on... They're roaches!

I've never tried cantaloupe with roaches before, but my darkling beetles and muttlids love it! Maybe too juicy for the roaches?

This should be a sticky thread so others can see it in the future :)
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I thought the same thing with the broccoli. Or I at least thought they'd try it first!

And I agree with the cantaloupe. The darklings went crazy over it! The lubbers really seemed to like it too when I tossed the leftovers in their enclosures.

 
Tenevanica said:
Your findings with broccoli are interesting. I never expected roaches to dislike something THAT much, I mean come on... They're roaches!

This should be a sticky thread so others can see it in the future :)
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Well come on, it's broccoli! :D And I agree, this should be a sticky thread.

 
Same result with broccoli with mine. I wonder since broccoli is high in vitamin k if that could be the reason? might be worth researching.

 
Interesting topic. I honestly wonder if some of the "taste" preferences may be an instance of unintended selective breeding, or perhaps differences in stock, as well as species?

I'm honestly surprised broccoli doesn't go over well for you! My wife and I love broccoli, but I am extremely picky and only like the florets, so all of the stalk goes into the Eublaberus distanti bin and they reliably eat all of it except the peel within a day or so! They leave hollowed out bits that I fish out later.

I find most winter squash goes over extremely well with both my E.distanti and my Blaberus boliviensis. Summer squashes are ignored.

 
jebbewocky said:
Interesting topic. I honestly wonder if some of the "taste" preferences may be an instance of unintended selective breeding, or perhaps differences in stock, as well as species?

I'm honestly surprised broccoli doesn't go over well for you! My wife and I love broccoli, but I am extremely picky and only like the florets, so all of the stalk goes into the Eublaberus distanti bin and they reliably eat all of it except the peel within a day or so! They leave hollowed out bits that I fish out later.

I find most winter squash goes over extremely well with both my E.distanti and my Blaberus boliviensis. Summer squashes are ignored.
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That doesn't surprise me one bit with how E. distanti eats. I wouldn't be surprised if they consumed nuclear waste. Why don't you give that one a try, Panna! ;)

 
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I just tried apples with my Dubia, I cut all the skin off due to my pesticide residue fears, but they have devoted it. It was a small red delicious apple.

 
I hope you guys don't mind me adding one of my own.

Cucumber:

Yes:

B. craniifer

H. tenebricosa

N. cinerea

Ok:

G. centurio

No:

E. javanica

These are the only species I tested. Just though I'd add it to the list!

 
Now that's interesting. My E javanica eat cucumber well. I slice it very thin. They won't eat the ends or pealing alone though.

 
There is going to be FAR too much info here to sort through in a VERY short amount of time. THis should be made into a google form for submission and the resulting spreadsheet be available to use to view.

Thoughts?

 
Tenevanica said:
That doesn't surprise me one bit with how E. distanti eats. I wouldn't be surprised if they consumed nuclear waste. Why don't you give that one a try, Panna! ;)
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Well, my dad did just retire from a nuclear plant in northern Illinois... ;)

Tenevanica said:
I hope you guys don't mind me adding one of my own.

Cucumber:

Yes:

B. craniifer

H. tenebricosa

N. cinerea

Ok:

G. centurio

No:

E. javanica

These are the only species I tested. Just though I'd add it to the list!
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Thanks for the addition! If I have time tonight I'll upload a few more tested foods, including cucumbers. If I remember correctly, I'm seeing a couple similarities already :)

 
My hubby and I raise dubia, hissers, E. javanica: They all seem to enjoy cucumber, onion, salad mix, bell pepper, carrot, apple, banana, potato, dehydrated oranges, pears, broccoli tops, spinach, and their soy protein chicken feed.

We also have giant green banana roach who don't like the chicken feed at all but love the carrots and cucumber.

We finally have a few matured Centurions that we hope to breed: they don't eat much but do ok on the chicken feed with carrots.

 
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