The most challenging cockroach to culture

[Hisserdude]

The worste one for me has been Pseudomops septentrionalis, I had them for six years or so through a few generations but the adults would mature so slowly and die so quickly they often didn't match up for breeding. One female was all you needed to get a ton of nymphs but then it would just prolong the pain of keeping this species.

I agree with Orin here, of all my roaches this one seems to be the hardest to keep. A few of my nymphs died for no reason, and like Orin said they take FOREVER to mature and I only have one that is an adult right now, so it will probably die before it mates successfully. I started with 9, I am down to only 4 now... chances are I won't be able to breed this species without getting more.

 

[varnon]

I just have hissers (way easy) and banana roaches right now. The banana roach population booms and crashes, but mostly the crashes are due to negligence, and I don't really care because there gets to be so many of them. Interestingly darkling beetles help the clean up the colony, but I think they eat newly molted adults, but somehow not the nymphs.

I found a pale-bordered field roach outside last fall. I was super excited, I didn't know they lived in my area. I went to get a jar from the garage, and it got away and flew into the light fixture. So I guess that was the most challenging to culture.

I really want to get more species. But I don't really have a reason for it right now. But I still want them.