Dubia enclosure size?

[MarkS]

Over 10 care sheets, not one discusses the size of a container used for raising dubias, nor how dense a population it can tolerate.

I'd love some information regarding enclosure size for dubias!

I'm using just a smallish, maybe 10 gallon container for mine, however the population is not exactly taking off like gangbusters either. I know you can crowd them pretty heavily and I think I have plenty of room for growth, but I don't think I've got them hot enough to reproduce rapidly. I've got them sitting on top of one of my racks where the temp is only in the low to mid 80's I've got a friend who has hers in a similar sized container but it's pushed up against her baseboard heaters where the temps occaisionally get into the mid to high 90's and she's producing hundreds of spare bugs a week.

[suzuki4life]

I'm using just a smallish, maybe 10 gallon container for mine, however the population is not exactly taking off like gangbusters either. I know you can crowd them pretty heavily and I think I have plenty of room for growth, but I don't think I've got them hot enough to reproduce rapidly. I've got them sitting on top of one of my racks where the temp is only in the low to mid 80's I've got a friend who has hers in a similar sized container but it's pushed up against her baseboard heaters where the temps occaisionally get into the mid to high 90's and she's producing hundreds of spare bugs a week.

The hotter the better in my opinion...

I have 2 extra tubs in a spare bedroom that is unheated....temps are between 50-66 degrees....

Contrary to very popular info....they are still reproducing.

My feeder building is currently at 82 degrees. My goal is 90. The furnace is still new and I am measuring temp vs consumption or I might just crank it up and go for broke.

[MarkS]

I have 2 extra tubs in a spare bedroom that is unheated....temps are between 50-66 degrees....

Contrary to very popular info....they are still reproducing.

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That's interesting, because everyone else I've talked to about this says that they start dying off below 70 degrees. Are you sure the roaches you have are Blaptica dubia?

[suzuki4life]

yes they are....and they will live days near freezing temps