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General Non-Mantis Discussion
Other Insects & Invertebrates
Questions about dubia colony
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<blockquote data-quote="Salmonsaladsandwich" data-source="post: 288263" data-attributes="member: 8523"><p>Well, mantids love them once they catch and start eating them. The problem is getting them to try. My adult Chinese mantids eat them but it can takes days, sometimes I just turn the cage upside down to disturb the roach and bring it into conflict with the mantis.</p><p></p><p>I'm sorry the thing about the watermelon was confusing. I was being sarcastic, what I meant was that a heavily pregnant roach is fat, but can't be told apart from a roach that has engorged itself with watery food like watermelon. Watermelon won't actually make all your roaches pregnant overnight, but it will make them all fat so they look pregnant. The best thing to feed them for increased reproduction is oranges.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Salmonsaladsandwich, post: 288263, member: 8523"] Well, mantids love them once they catch and start eating them. The problem is getting them to try. My adult Chinese mantids eat them but it can takes days, sometimes I just turn the cage upside down to disturb the roach and bring it into conflict with the mantis. I'm sorry the thing about the watermelon was confusing. I was being sarcastic, what I meant was that a heavily pregnant roach is fat, but can't be told apart from a roach that has engorged itself with watery food like watermelon. Watermelon won't actually make all your roaches pregnant overnight, but it will make them all fat so they look pregnant. The best thing to feed them for increased reproduction is oranges. [/QUOTE]
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