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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jesse" data-source="post: 2286" data-attributes="member: 16"><p>I advise for you not to keep P. americana, they are just too fast and breed like crazy!  Lobster roaches are better because they have more of a "meat" to exoskeleton ratio and are better feeders than B. dubia for mantids because they can climb to the top of the containers where the mantids are.  B. dubia can not climb the sides of containers and also have a tendency to burrow into the substrate if the container contains substrate, where as the lobsters run around for awhile before hiding(most of the time).  Lobster roaches can survive quite awhile inside homes if they escape, but do not breed in homes.</p></blockquote><p></p>