Lateralis (turkistan) Roaches

[JeffreH]

If you intend to breed them, I'd highly recommend a substrate. The ooths are notorious for drying out, having something that buffers them from the heat source and holds moisture better is the best remedy for this. I typically use some kind of coir blend.

I have a few stubborn animals that won't eat B. dubia as well, primarily my Rhacodactylus geckos. I generally use lats or E. posticus (Orange Heads) for the guys that needs a little more movement to be encouraged to feed. Dubia have a nasty habit of holding perfectly still and laying flat as possible at the worst times, I swear they have a sense for predation, lol. The lateralis are probably the best roaches for feeding in naturalistic vivaria IMO - don't generally burrow and are more inclined to move about in the open instead of hiding in a nook for hours on end.

Keep them warm, and spray them down a couple of times pet weeks. Not so excessivvely that its always moist in there, but enough to keep humidity up and lightly dampen the substrate. Ooths seem to take forever to hatch, but once they do its like an eruption of tiny nymphs - females lay 1-2 each month and they can have as high a capacity as 40 nymphs and as low as 20 a pop.

PS: Don't let them get into drain ; )

[badkelpie]

I hadn't decided whether to breed them or not, but after seeing how much the toads liked them, I think I might. I've got one local guy who buys the extra dubia from me, and bet I could find more buyers, since around here your choices are crickets and mealworms.

The guy is still selling the roaches for that price. I don't know if I am allowed to post a link or not, so I won't, but if anyone wants to PM me, I can give you the info. He has a website, money goes through paypal.

[MonsterPyxie]

try dipping a paint brush is suger water, and smearing the roaches with it. Maybe they just taste gross.

[BG]

I have a colony of turks. They are hardier then dubia. They also dont dive into the substrate. I feed these to my T's. I'm also going to feed them to my babie frogs.

[Niels D]

Do they need the same temperature as dubia? These roaches seem perfect for my gastrotheca! Finally had my first dubia nymphs, but I'm needing all the dubia for my bigger frogs and salamanders. I'm breeding crickets, but if breeding these turks is a bit like breeding dubia then I'm done with crickets.

Oh yeah, what if one of these escapes?

[MonsterPyxie]

Do they need the same temperature as dubia? These roaches seem perfect for my gastrotheca! Finally had my first dubia nymphs, but I'm needing all the dubia for my bigger frogs and salamanders. I'm breeding crickets, but if breeding these turks is a bit like breeding dubia then I'm done with crickets.

Oh yeah, what if one of these escapes?

you breed dubia, and havn't thrown your cricket's out the window yet?


lateralis are considered up there with dubia. If it where me, I would stick with dubia, just focus on them and before you know it you will be overrun with the buggers.

I also have lobsters, but I can't stand them. SUPER fast spazz of a roach, and even with my best attempts to have my 3 bearded dragons eat as much as they can..... trying to kill off the colony... they are still out breeding what I can feed off. Even with there insane breeding.... I wish I could just kill them off

[MonsterPyxie]

just found this

8 Thousands Mixed Blatta lateralis Turkistan Feeder Roaches | eBay8,000 roaches for $85. Seems like one hell of a deal to me!

I have no interest in lateralis, but I'm still tempted by that deal, haha


Edit: then again, looking at it. The seller doesn't have much rating on ebay, and the picture does not look like 8,000 could even fit in that egg crate in the picture. I would be asking the seller for PROOF of the numbers, atleast ask him t knock the egg crates out into the bin, and take a picture of all the roaches in the bin without egg crate, or any hide's.

[Niels D]

I just had my first nymphs, so I'm still needing the crickets. I've fed the gastrothecas small dubia, but I guess they need critters which are more active, cause they hardly gave any response when I put dubia in their tank. Maybe these lateralis will do the trick.