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Albino dubia!!!
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I got a good picture of one in the middle of molting a while back.
http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3ec1027b.jpg
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Pretty cool pics Moot, I'm wanting to get another beardie and I want to raise these over smelly crickets this time around. Ive been doing a lot of reading on them and they seem very easy to take care of and they don't climb plastic tubs like crickets which is a big + for me.
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Albino dubia!!!
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Originally Posted by AdamL8
Ermagerrd!!! That's so cool/gross. I'm really creeped out by these guys and my crickets, but I'm also really fascinated. I haven't gotten to the point where I can pick them up with my bare hands, but I don't squeal when one of them touches me anymore lol. I'm working on it!
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I LOVE dubia's. I used to have a colony and I would take the roaches out and play with them :oops:
I actually miss them, awesome little (big?) bugs :P
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Albino dubia!!!
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Originally Posted by Diamond Serpents
Pretty cool pics Moot, I'm wanting to get another beardie and I want to raise these over smelly crickets this time around. Ive been doing a lot of reading on them and they seem very easy to take care of and they don't climb plastic tubs like crickets which is a big + for me.
Yeah they're super easy to raise. Sometimes I forget about them for awhile, they're very forgiving lol. As long as you don't let food mold, you're golden. And they don't jump on you like crickets do, which is a HUGE plus for me. Fair warning though, buy a TON to start up, because you'll have a hell of a time getting your lizard back on crickets in the event you run out.
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Originally Posted by MootWorm
Yeah they're super easy to raise. Sometimes I forget about them for awhile, they're very forgiving lol. As long as you don't let food mold, you're golden. And they don't jump on you like crickets do, which is a HUGE plus for me. Fair warning though, buy a TON to start up, because you'll have a hell of a time getting your lizard back on crickets in the event you run out.
Yeah that's what I was going to do and I was also told to be careful and not feed off any of my females when starting a colony. Sometimes it can take up to 1 1/2 months to get things rolling but once they start its smooth sailing.
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More like 4 months lol. But I started with fairly small ones. Luckily it's super easy to identify the sexes. I feed off the majority of my adult males. They make the NASTIEST noise when crunched by a lizard. Definitely makes you think twice next time you open a bag of chips lol
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Albino dubia!!!
Dubias are awesome. I have a colony to feed my T's and actually really enjoy keeping them. NO smell what so ever (and their tub is right next to my bed so i'd know if there was a bad smell lol), crickets Reek!
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Originally Posted by Mike41793
Dubias are awesome. I have a colony to feed my T's and actually really enjoy keeping them. NO smell what so ever (and their tub is right next to my bed so i'd know if there was a bad smell lol), crickets Reek!
Wow I don't think I could sleep with them next to my bed. The sound of them skittering around on the cardboard makes my skin crawl lol. I keep mine safely in a spare room :)
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Albino dubia!!!
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Originally Posted by MootWorm
Wow I don't think I could sleep with them next to my bed. The sound of them skittering around on the cardboard makes my skin crawl lol. I keep mine safely in a spare room :)
My hearing sucks, i sleep through thunderstorms and stuff lol. I never have even heard them. Only time i hear them is when i open the tub and disturb them to get some out, then they all run like hell lol
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Originally Posted by MootWorm
More like 4 months lol. But I started with fairly small ones. Luckily it's super easy to identify the sexes. I feed off the majority of my adult males. They make the NASTIEST noise when crunched by a lizard. Definitely makes you think twice next time you open a bag of chips lol
Yeah I think I was looking at mid size roaches when I was told around 1 1/2 months.When the time comes looks like I'll be picking at you and Mike's brain for more information on them if I run into trouble.
LOL at the potato chips, I'm sure it will never be the same for you now.
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I wish they where legal in Canada!! I have my mealies breeding for me and the reptiles eat them still :)
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Originally Posted by Diamond Serpents
Yeah I think I was looking at mid size roaches when I was told around 1 1/2 months.When the time comes looks like I'll be picking at you and Mike's brain for more information on them if I run into trouble.
LOL at the potato chips, I'm sure it will never be the same for you now.
Lmao! YeAh feel free to pm me anytime or start a thread :) But they're about as non-hassle as they come. I don't even use a heating pad on mine, they breed just fine.
Here's some nasty bug pics:
You can see the blur where Fred dive bombed into the bug pit
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/11/zy5evevy.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/11/6eja4u6a.jpg
Om nom nom
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/11/senu6eqy.jpg
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Albino dubia!!!
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Originally Posted by Diamond Serpents
Yeah I think I was looking at mid size roaches when I was told around 1 1/2 months.When the time comes looks like I'll be picking at you and Mike's brain for more information on them if I run into trouble.
LOL at the potato chips, I'm sure it will never be the same for you now.
I learned everything i know about them from personal experience and from 3skulls. If you need some just pm him and he'll hook you up with a starter colony. He breeds a lot of them.
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I think that cricket shortage was one of the best things that happened in the hobby. Roaches are so much better than crickets. I've been getting Blatta lateralis for my geckos and T's and they work great. Besides no jumping or smell, they also are much hardier. I have pretty much 0% die off. I am thinking of starting a Dubia colony, though.
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I definitely love dubias. I keep a whole bunch for my beardie. When I first got him, he was eating crickets. He actually didn't like those much, and I'm soo glad I made the switch. Crickets were stinky and hopped everywhere. They died very easily, as well. Dubias are hardy, non-smelly, and can't hop. Plus, they're a much better food source. Win-win! Lol
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I love dubias. My question - can you tell the sex before they are adults? Some of them are more long and narrow and others are more wide. Does that have anything to do with it or is that just individual variation?
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Hey guys!!!! I touched the roaches with my bare hands today!! On purpose! And I didn't even scream once :)
On a completely unrelated note, I realized how strange my life has become as I sat in the bathtub with a lizard in one hand and a cupful of roaches in the other.
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I think that cricket shortage was one of the best things that happened in the hobby.
There was a cricket shortage??
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Originally Posted by MootWorm
Hey guys!!!! I touched the roaches with my bare hands today!! On purpose! And I didn't even scream once :)
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Couldn't link the picture over here, but here's for you Mootworm :gj:
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Albino dubia!!!
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Originally Posted by Mephibosheth1
Bahaha pretty much.
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Albino dubia!!!
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Originally Posted by MrLang
I love dubias. My question - can you tell the sex before they are adults? Some of them are more long and narrow and others are more wide. Does that have anything to do with it or is that just individual variation?
I noticed this too. This is just a guess but i think the longer narrower ones are females and the rounder, wider ones are males. The narrower ones have the same body segments as the adult females. I think the rounder ones have smoother backs bc they're the wings of the immature males.
I could be 100% wrong though, like i said, just a guess.
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Originally Posted by MrLang
I love dubias. My question - can you tell the sex before they are adults? Some of them are more long and narrow and others are more wide. Does that have anything to do with it or is that just individual variation?
Eh I don't really pay attention to that, at least until they develop wings lol. Theyre so fast and wiggly it'd be hard to keep track of who's what. It would be interesting to separate the 'males' and 'females' you identify, then see what sex they mature into. Experiment, anyone?
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Albino dubia!!!
I don't think i have the attention span for the experiment lmao
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Eh just stick em in a butter tub with a few airholes and a chunk of egg crate. Boom, done
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Originally Posted by Mephibosheth1
There was a cricket shortage??
Yah, about 5 years ago (maybe more, I forget) there was a huge die off of domestic brown crickets because of a virus. Only a couple cricket breeders escaped, everyone else lost their entire colonies. A lot of the cricket suppliers now are using different species of crickets that are immune from the virus. During this time roach breeding really took off because keepers were looking for alternatives because a lot of animals need more movement to trigger eating than mealworms provide.
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Originally Posted by MrLang
I love dubias. My question - can you tell the sex before they are adults? Some of them are more long and narrow and others are more wide. Does that have anything to do with it or is that just individual variation?
You can tell but it doesn't have anything to do with the body shape as far as I've noticed. I originally thought the same thing but it seems to just be the way that some of them develop. It has to do with the segments on the underside right at the rear end. The males will have 2 in the space that a female has 1. You can see this on all sizes of nymphs although it is obviously more difficult the smaller they are. It can also help to have several in front of you so you have at least 1 male and 1 female for comparison. These are not my pictures but they show what I'm talking about.
Male
http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/a...1308/069-1.jpg
Female
http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/a...1308/056-1.jpg
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