Dubia roaches are cute

[yoshimi]

Am I right? This fella ate til he was done, let me watch him and take pics. I love when they put their front arms on something. When then other arms/legs follow, not quite as adorable.

I know I shouldn't, but I've been known to just watch them in their bin. Most hide, but some stick their antennae out from under whatever and feel around to see what's going on. I wonder if they can tell there's a giant face peering down at them. With love. I love their little heads.

And my roach babies couldn't be cuter if they were a bin full of kittens.

I think I have a few alpha males, not cuz I've seen fighting, but because I've seen females clamoring for his attention. When he walked away from one, the lady roach who was waiting nearby followed him into a tube. I don't know what happened in the tube, but everybody looks pretty pregnant again.

Bought them a sweet potato, but then I ate it myself. Love has limits.

[Mentat]

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Bought them a sweet potato, but then I ate it myself. Love has limits.

You crack me up Crystal; almost spit my morning coffee on the laptop !

[Heatheranne]

Lol !!!!!! That was funny!

They do eat pretty cute...nibblers. I got mine some romaine lettuce and they downed to whole bag in 2 days. They loved it.

They look like little aliens to me. Especially when they're freshly molted and you are holding them from their undersides.

[poison]

Are these your feeders or your pets?

[yoshimi]

Are these your feeders or your pets?

2nd time I've been asked that! Surprised it's only been twice. The babies are feeders, or sale items that I pack up and ship off, waving g'bye, but since I'm only feeding a little toad, the adults are almost pet-like. I take care of them like pets, but I haven't handled one in a really long time, since I was taking pics of their final molts. I don't take them out for walks or anything. (love your animation)

Recently, packing up some babies, one somehow got onto the back of my neck. No idea how it happened, maybe it was on my hand and I felt something on my neck and came away with a baby roach. Maybe he climbed a strand of hair. I don't know. It wasn't cute, AT ALL, but I didn't squash it. Now I check my hands and forearms, front and back, after every encounter.

Heather, I bought romaine lettuce when store was out of kale the other week, and I ate that too.

[Lija]

Crystal you know we are supposed to be all scared of roaches according to stereotype lol

[yoshimi]

Crystal you know we are supposed to be all scared of roaches according to stereotype lol

I was! Was so hesitant to open 1st box of baby dubia, and when I did, I backed away... but after I'd dumped them from cup into a small bin, they didn't seem so bad. When I won the adults, I almost declined. I tried to bargain, once I'd decided to accept, to get LESS roaches (still at same ratio), because I'd seen youtube videos. But again, emptied into a large bin, they didn't seem so bad. And feeding and caring for something, anything, eventually breeds fondness. Even if you're trying to get them to breed so you can feed their babies to something else.