Dubia colony

[will_him_is]

Here is the start of my colony. 50 adults (I think) but only 4 of them are males...

 

[monkeybumpz]

Looking good. Try to keep them dark. They breed better in the dark. Easy pickings for the males. Lol

 

[will_him_is]

Its in the bottom of my tank stand so when the doors are shut its dark in there. I have found quite a few egg sacks already. Still so gross lol

 

[monkeybumpz]

Lol.

 

[ilovebeardies]

Awesome!

 

[ilovebeardies]

Its in the bottom of my tank stand so when the doors are shut its dark in there. I have found quite a few egg sacks already. Still so gross lol

What do you mean by egg sacks? I thought they had live births?

 

[bipolarmonkey]

I want to start breading my own roaches but have no idea where to start

 

[monkeybumpz]

They have egg sacks that come out of their bottom and then they go back inside after a certain amount of time and then they incubate the egg sack inside of them till they are born, seems live. But technically not

 

[monkeybumpz]

I want to start breading my own roaches but have no idea where to start

get some breeding pairs and give them a couple of months while feeding them regularly. then that's all

 

[bipolarmonkey]

Sounds simple enough. Thank you

 

[will_him_is]

After trial and error I have finally started to get some production. View attachment 9212View attachment 9212

 

[ilovebeardies]

How do they get to there food and water gel those containers look pretty tall just curious

 

[will_him_is]

I cut it with scissors so its not that tall, and I lean the flats over it so they can get in.

 

[ilovebeardies]

Oh ok

 

[will_him_is]

A couple pics from today. Every day im finding a bunch more little ones.View attachment 9282View attachment 9282View attachment 9282View attachment 9282

 

[will_him_is]

the colony is aprox 75 females and 10 males. I cleared out all the nymphs about 2 weeks ago and started with only the adults in here to see what kind of production I could get. I recommend breeding these for anyone who can. They are really easy to breed. They really require no maintenance. Once in a while give them food and water. Its a one time purchase and then you have feeders for life. They have no smell, and are quite, they cant climb, and the beardies love them.