Madagascar and Dubia roaches

[Bruce]

Would anyone know if these roaches can be kept together? Their care seems similar enough to be kept in the same enclosure?


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[JeffreH]

Are you going to keep them communally for display purposes or for production of feeders?

They should fair okay together in the same bin; but don't expect optimal production of offspring. They likely will not harm one another but they may breed less, or not all all in the presence of each other. This can be due to a number of factors: competition for resources, food, space, pheromone interaction, etc.

I've kept Blaberus craniifer and Archimandrita tesselata together with no problems, but there was virtually 0 offspring being produced until they were separated. Made for a nice looking communal roach enclosure though ; ) The main species I would have concern about (assuming husbandry is otherwise the same) would be Eublaberus posticus, as they seem to want to eat anything foreign in their bin.

[Bruce]

They're for feeder purposes. The dubias breed pretty well for me at the moment, I've had them for a few years now. If you think breeding could be interfered with I won't try it just yet then.


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