Dubia Colors

[badkelpie]

Mine all looked like that after their adult shed. I just assumed that it just took them a few days to get the orange. All are normal colors now.

[Sublime]

@Jeff Yeah, that makes complete sense. I actually subscribed to a guy on youtube by the name "TheRoachHut" - family run operated business stationed in the UK for collective & feeder species. He shows you the amount of care that goes into the collective species with the coir based substrate and dead forest floor scatterings in the tank.

I wanted to ask you a question though since you do have collector species... Have you ever come across Macropanesthia Rhinoseros (Giant Burowing Cockroach) or happen to own any? These things are enormous size for roaches and have a life span of up to 10 years.

[JeffreH]

This species is every roach enthusiasts dream = )

I have come across them for sale - usually quite rare but they pop up from time to time. Cheapest I've seen is ~$100 a nymph but I've seen upwards to $500 for older specimens. Keep in mind these guys take years to reach maturity... and they can be fragile. Dexter and Debbie are actually selling small nymphs:
Roaches

Occasionally a private seller will have them, and Kyle has a pair I think now (maybe more or less?). Only other actual name I've got in the US is Orin McMonigle <-- Allpet Roaches

Eurycotis decipiens will be my next species I think

Edit: I like that guy's videos, thanks for the name!

[Sublime]

Wow, that's a lot of dough to drop on roaches haha. Yeah I heard that they take 3-4 years to reach sexual maturity and the females only produce 20-25 nymphs during fall. Good to know the sources that are selling them.

No problem for the youtube channel.