patrickfraser
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I have never caught a birth, but just missed this one. Maybe someday...
Dubia babies
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Lucky!!! I wish mine had that many babies 
Termite48
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Scott: It is nice to see the little pale looking new offspring. I am waiting for mine to get that far.
angelofdeathzz
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That's the oldest trick in the book, you can't fool me, those are pumpkin seeds!
Psychobunny
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I forget, how to tell the difference between the sexes, but mine have not yet had any babies.
Which ones have the wings, the male or female ( I seem to remember male!!??)
Anyway, I have a problem with using the roach nymphs as feeders when placing them directly
into the mantis cage.
If the mantis sees me put it in, and it's hungry, it will go after it sometimes.
But, the little roaches are masters of hiding and making themselves invisible by keeping absolutly
still, which they can maintain for days.
The mantis usually does not find them.
The adult roaches are a different matter, the mantis will eventualy find them.
Unless I take the mantis nymph out and put it in a empty jar with only the roach nymph in it, it will
not find and eat the roach.
I cant count the times I have cleaned mantis cages and found roaches that had been hidding for days
or weeks!!
Which ones have the wings, the male or female ( I seem to remember male!!??)
Anyway, I have a problem with using the roach nymphs as feeders when placing them directly
into the mantis cage.
If the mantis sees me put it in, and it's hungry, it will go after it sometimes.
But, the little roaches are masters of hiding and making themselves invisible by keeping absolutly
still, which they can maintain for days.
The mantis usually does not find them.
The adult roaches are a different matter, the mantis will eventualy find them.
Unless I take the mantis nymph out and put it in a empty jar with only the roach nymph in it, it will
not find and eat the roach.
I cant count the times I have cleaned mantis cages and found roaches that had been hidding for days
or weeks!!
I have tht prob too lol
Males have long wings
Wat temp r your roaches at? Mine were kept at room temp from July to last Monday and only 12 babies came from 4 females in that time
Males have long wings
Wat temp r your roaches at? Mine were kept at room temp from July to last Monday and only 12 babies came from 4 females in that time
patrickfraser
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Room temp is not good for breeding. 85-90 is optimal keeping temps for breeding. You have found your problem.
They r under a lamp now
One of the males just died of mysterious causes...
One of the males just died of mysterious causes...
Psychobunny
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For me, they dont start to mate until the temp is 90F.
Anything under that, nothing!!
I put a UTH under the roach tub.
Anything under that, nothing!!
I put a UTH under the roach tub.
