Blatta Lateralis as feeders?

[cyris69]

Hmmm, maybe I'm just being paranoid since it's a been classified a nuisance species. The only roach I've ever seen in Indiana was a wood roach that had wandered into my house when moving in. Had the roach people come out and look at it and they said just let it go outside its a harmless wood roach.

I have 5 pyxies, 3 are large growing boys, 1 adults female and a dwarf and they can destroy everything so when I found out about these roaches I was sold. I knew I'd never have to buy crickets or anything else again.

[cyris69]

Well, I got them in today. Yeah they can't even try to climb glass. They are actually very cute roaches. They are all 1/4" or smaller, no smell whatsoever even after 3 days in the mail the box had zero scent. Hope they get as fat as large crickets. I did jdrop one but was able to easily catch it. I think one may be on the loose but was a little baby.

They are pretty cute, not at all repulsive.

[Herpguy]

That's awesome you like them. I think roaches are the most interesting of all the insects. There's just a few species who ruin it for the rest of them. Imagine my wife's reaction when she found my secret Blaberus giganteus colony in one of my closets.

[cyris69]

ah the hidden roach colony. I remember that when I was living with my parents years ago, they were not happy at all. I was able to talk them into letting me keep them. Granted I assume a wife would be much different

Roaches truely are amazing, I can spend hours watching my dubia, whom surprisingly have a very rich and complex hierarchy.

[annawolv1010]

Aren't lats small compared to dubia?