Motherly instinct?

[Skittles1101]

So I bought some dubia roaches for my beardie, leos, and Ts and I've never used them before. When I was feeding my beardie last night and I dumped some roaches in, and there was an adult scurrying away with a baby in it's mouth. My question is, out of pure curiosity, was this a mother trying to save it's baby, or was it eating the baby? lol I felt so bad it got eaten right up with the baby, I had to ask!

[DooLittle]

Boy, I don't have a clue. But you have to wonder, mothers instincts are pretty strong. At least they went together, lol.

[Homegrownscales]

I've seen newbie nymphs get eaten when they just come out of the ootheca (I think that's what it's called don't quote me on that one) they're white and if moisture is down the adults will eat them for the moisture. If the baby was black meaning the Exo has hardened it probably was just holding on for dear life and just happened to be near the adults mouth. Smaller roaches will cling on to adults sometimes. Theyll also get stuck on them from moisture etc. Do I think mothers have mothering instinct after the little ones are out of the ootheca (there's that darn word again) no. But I do have a pretty cool pic of one of my lobster females.



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[Skittles1101]

Yes it was a little black one, and it really looked like the adult was holding it in it's mouth. Those are awesome pictures though! It was very odd to see and I couldn't help but feel like it was trying to get away, for good reason I suppose because seconds later they were gobbled up by a "starving" beardie. I only say starving because you'd think I never feed that boy...he's a garbage disposal lol.