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Message: <blockquote data-quote="happy1892" data-source="post: 346652" data-attributes="member: 5913"><p>I like the Red runners.  I think they help in eliciting a better feeding reflex for some mantises.  The Lobster roaches are flat to the ground and so I guess are not as eye catching to some species of mantises as the Red runners.  Also, I like that the Red runners don't climb slick plastic or glass, so that I don't have to use petroleum jelly on the rim of their containers to keep them from climbing out.  The Red runners might be somewhat cold hardy, too.  They are from North Africa and Central Asia.  And now they are invasive in the Southwest US.  I need a roach that breeds well and is cold hardy because my mom won't let me keep roaches in the home.</p></blockquote><p></p>