Hello From Massachusetts

One of the best is therea species like domino/question mark roaches they arnt super easy to breed since there are always more males then female so make sure to get a large group 10 or more to start. Nymphs spend most of their time burrowed and adult male out on display. Gyna spieces are very similar but breed a lot faster slightly more roachy but pretty enough to not be to bad. The real key is roaches with big/wide wings they look less roachy to most people.

 
The hisser types are very non roachy in my opinion. I have so many Elliptorhina javanica "Halloween hissers" I don't know what to do with them. I turned off the heat lamp today and will probably leave it off. 

 
Ok Thanks! Hmm the Therea species look very convincing... you would never know it was a roach  ^_^ ... hehe

 
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lovebugfarm said:
It's really interesting your allowed to have ants but not roaches. My wife will never let me keep ants or termites. She's ok with the roaches but gets mad when escapees end up in the bed...for some reason that's where they always go. I tell her they like to cuddle to.
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That must be what snuggled up to my chest the other night. I'm completely serious. I think one of my dubias made its way into my bed and snuggled up to me. I grabbed whatever it was and flung it off of me without attempting to identify it, but it felt like a roach. When I got up and busted out the flashlight, the only thing I could find was a wolf spider in my laundry basket, but they are not known for their cuddliness. This was just a couple nights ago. After searching the term, "escapees," and finding this, I am certain my dubia really just want to snuggle. ;)  

 
Trullan said:
That must be what snuggled up to my chest the other night. I'm completely serious. I think one of my dubias made its way into my bed and snuggled up to me. I grabbed whatever it was and flung it off of me without attempting to identify it, but it felt like a roach. When I got up and busted out the flashlight, the only thing I could find was a wolf spider in my laundry basket, but they are not known for their cuddliness. This was just a couple nights ago. After searching the term, "escapees," and finding this, I am certain my dubia really just want to snuggle. ;)  
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Yeah it was always my adult males that got out they would do that flutter jump. The dubia ended up in the bed normally and orange heads would end up in piles of clothes. lol Now my set ups are much better so that doesn't happen any more.

 
That's good. After giving it some thought, I'm fairly certain it was an escapee that came out of a reptile tank. There's one that has a wide enough gap between the sliding glass doors to allow escapes. In the beginning, I was only feeding crickets, so I didn't secure it for roach escapes. I'll have to get around to running a bead of silicone on the inside of the outer door soon. It was pretty hilarious, in any event.

 
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