Sorry if I am hijacking here, but my turkistan roaches are breeding like crazy at the moment. I am dreading cleaning the cage as there are tons of tiny babies. How do you remove such a fast moving species completely from the cage before cleaning?

andy777 wrote:

Sorry if I am hijacking here, but my turkistan roaches are breeding like crazy at the moment. I am dreading cleaning the cage as there are tons of tiny babies. How do you remove such a fast moving species completely from the cage before cleaning?

Take my previous post into account when reading my response: DOOM!!!

Where can I find wood lice isopods ? There are none in my garden and none in my friends gardens either.

I'm scared of keeping pest roaches as feeders. The forest roaches (Blatta or Sheffordella lateralis) are good breeders and don't hide or climb. A bit of a schlepp to clean but worth it.

Isopods are easiest found among heaps of leaves or under rotting wood. Also sometimes under flower pots and such that have been standing outside at the same spot for some time.

I'm sure you can find some, Goldenspider, unless your garden is a completely sterile affair :blink:

cascade wrote:

The females are pitch black. I'm not sure how the males look.but if you look at the last pic I post that's another species of male that seems to be mating with this species.
Cause I only caught 4 females and they keep laying eggs for me.

The females may very well have stored sperm from males in the wild an keep on fertilising their eggs with those. Much more likely than mating with another species, unless they are closely related. An example of hybrid roaches are all the hissers in the country.

Marula wrote:

cascade wrote:

The females are pitch black. I'm not sure how the males look.but if you look at the last pic I post that's another species of male that seems to be mating with this species.
Cause I only caught 4 females and they keep laying eggs for me.

The females may very well have stored sperm from males in the wild an keep on fertilising their eggs with those. Much more likely than mating with another species, unless they are closely related. An example of hybrid roaches are all the hissers in the country.

Dubias and cave roaches also cross breed, resulting in huge dubias. Very effective feeders