Blaptica dubia

[Drizzt80]

I acquired some cockroaches last Fall with the intent to sustain a feeding colony for my leopard geckos and my Aussie Water Dragons, but they don't seem to be breeding fast enough for that to take place. They're doing alright, but I'll admit to being a bit negligent of their care of the winter months. I think I was keeping the tub too warm for them. :shrugs: They're maintaining, but not "taking off". I'm not too excited/worried about it as the geckos aren't necessarily crazy about them and I finally got the Aussie's to eat non-moving food in the last couple of months or so. It used to be crickets or nothin'.

Thanks for looking,
D80

Here's the setup:

The male is the long, winged one:

A female:

 

[aameenah]

Nice setup! I have a colony myself, still waiting for them to take off as well What do you do for humidity? I understand it has to be somewhat high for these guys?

 

[Matthew]

I have a colony as well and they're very slow growing, too. I also have a colony of Lobsters and those things breed like field mice.

Purchased a thousand, two months later I had about three thousand. I purchased 200 Blaptic Dubia's over a year ago and I 'might' have a thousand in there now.

I only have two lizards that eat them now anyway -- the other two have stopped eating Roaches for some reason. :shrugs: