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How many roaches do I need to establish a colony? Which roaches are the most cost effective? Are there roaches that are not suitable as feeders? if so which species? Thanks.
Thanksjames said:I really like your caresheet.
I agree with "the hotter the better" and I make that point in my article with an example of increased production at temperatures above 100 F. However, for safety alone, I never use a heat source without a thermostat. You can set it for 100+ if you like, but should the heat source malfunction having the thermostat can reduce the risk of excessive heat and potential fire.james said:For example I would never put a thermostat on my heat. The hotter the better.
I make that point in the article. But since so many roaches burrow in the Beta-Chip I use I make the assumption that they "like" it and therefore give them their wish.james said:I know you like to use substrate, but I do not find it necessary in most of my set-ups. I keep large groups of dubia, prosticus, discoidales without it.
I no longer keep B. dubia, but had aborted eggcases when I did. My information about the connection between this and percentage of fruit in the diet was taken from "Allpet Roaches": "Females are easily stressed and will abort eggcases consistently without fruit included in their diet". If your experience has been different I would be interested to learn more.james said:Curoius where you read or found out about B. dubia aborting egg cases.
It doesn't imply anything - it is a fact. It distinguishes between the two sexes based on the presence of flying wings in males and not females in this species. I never wrote or suggested that they can fly. They can't, but males do have "flying wings", whereas females have reduced outer wings only. I do not know the scientific morphological terms that would have been more accurate, but more confusing to the reader.james said:I also question why under the sexing section, you say male dubia have long flying wings. What does this imply?
That has been my experience as well. I have read suggestions that male B. giganteus can fly or at least "glide", but I have yet to see it. "Allpet Roaches" writes, "Adult males can fly well". That one I will have to disagree with. I have tried to get them to with no success.james said:My much smaller group of B. gigantues would jump much more often than the dubia (in about 2 1/2 years I've seen about ten jumps).
Thanks again. Michaeljames said:Anyway great paper and I not critizing, just trying to learn more about other experiences people have had or seen. james
>>>>Crosslink<<<<SpiderShoppe said:I never wrote or suggested that they can fly. They [Blaptica dubia] can't, but males do have "flying wings",