My first babies

Vulgaris

Vulgaris

Fifth Instar
I found some tiny nymphs in my P. pennsylvanica cage today! I thought it was almost over, because the male and one of the females died already. Leaving just a single old female in the cage. But now there are somewhere around a dozen little nymphs! :)

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Congratulation! These are really slow-growing for their size, expect a year and a half until they're adult! They do look like little termites. :wub:

 
I hope they grow fast with the food I am feeding them! I give them fish flakes and medicated chicken food. they seem to love it.

They are the cuttest little things.

Do you think I need to remove the adult female so she does not eat them??

 
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Hahaha, I guess I don't need to separate them after all. The babies seem to be taking advantage of the single mother and they eat up all the food. I put a small piece of slightly rotten apple (from my apple tree) in today and they just about attacked it like vultures on a carcass. I seriously don't know just how many there are anymore, I didn't realize there were so many. Take a look at this pic. I counted somewhere around 30 something in the photo, and i am sure there are more not in it.

The cage is almost too small for them now (and imagine when they get bigger), I don't know what to do :D

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They do that with food, lol. When they're older they chase each other around, kick, shove, all sorts of things. You really only realize how many there are when there's food!

 
There's something quite beautiful about a mass of feeding roaches. Great photo and success story!

 
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