r/roaches

Last week I bought some lobster roaches and prepared a place for them in this box five days ago, but to this day I haven't seen a single cockroach even touch the food I put in, which was a container with dog food mixed with chicken feed, which they said is a great food for them. And on top of the egg cartons that I put as shelter for them, I placed pieces of slightly damp collards, and they didn't touch that either. From the first day until now I haven't seen any change in their food, as if it were exactly the same as when I put it. I only see them in the tube where I put water and cotton. Does anyone know what I should do? I also wanted to say that I don't see any roaches between the two egg cartons that I placed one on top of the other, which I also found strange. They only stay underneath and don't go to "the second floor" of them. Is this normal? I also don't know if anyone here does insect farming, but any help is welcome.

I forgot how fast these eggs hatch in summer, I thought I removed them all! Someone was very good at hiding an egg. well... it's ok they, are cute.... but this bin isn't ideal for babies and idk if it's safe to try to move them cuz i might crush them. It will be... interesting when they are bigger and living in a kitchen tupperwear lol. I might have to get another 10 gallon tank to just dump them all into.

so cute tho.... i love freshly hatched smokybrown nymphs <3 only sad I missed the hatching.

Dead now. Was she a roach?

My apartment had roaches when I moved in and I am afraid they show up again

Today I got my hands on 6 Madagascar hissing cockroaches. They are juvenile-ish, I’m not quite sure because some of them are big and some are very small.
Of course I’ve done my research but I’m very open to tips, as I’m looking to give them the best care possible.
In the photos\clips where they are in a tiny bug enclosure, it was only temporary.
Because these guys are so young, they are t sexed yet so I could end up with a breeding pair (which I’m not looking for) and I’m not sure what to do with the male once I find out.

I fed some Discoids to my Bearded Dragon and this suddenly appeared in the terrarium. Is this an egg sack?

If so, what should I do with it? Do I put it in the Discoid tank?

I have been keeping madagascar hissing cockroaches for about a month now, and it seems there is now an infestation of wood roaches now? i’m not sure how this happened, but i’m worried if they are harmful to my hisses and looking for answers on how to get rid of them if they are! please help me

Obviously not actually evil but this is Cookie. I've shown her here before but she had a mismolt when she became an adult so she has a chunk of her missing. She's just fine though like she's been chilling for like months now. Like 6 months. She's just fine but she likes to bite. None of my other roaches like to bite. She likes to bite though even when I offer her food she chooses me. after prim and magnolia died. I'm trying to spend more time with cookie so that I still have a companion that'll help me mourn.

I have these, but I don’t have a dog so I was wondering if this is safe for my roaches to eat?

hello people, fellow roach/any insect enthusiast here, i found this poor little roach outside, im thinking hes an oriental cockroach, though not sure, found him in brasov, romania on his back.

injury: he is missing one of the front 2 legs near the head, middle pair of legs is intact, back pair of legs also had one missing, and the remaining one is not moving at all. he also seems to have been squashed a bit, because some yellow goop was leaking out but it seems to have gotten better and the goop retracted almost fully (you can see a bit of the goop near his only back leg)! he is still aware, can sense and is active, so only major injuries. i think he is an adult already so no future molts, and also what i did was take him home, make an enclosure with moist spongy soil, bricks for hiding and an apple slice for food and a sponge for hydration. (i will remove the apple slice in 24 h, wash the sponge with water, and i also opened the small box and shifted the bricks a bit to be able to take a photo of him and i put the stuff back and closed it and now he is sleeping i think)

Yesterday I posted that she was dying and this morning it happened. I am heartbroken. I wanted to say a few things about her and share some memories. I got prim around 3 years ago and she was one of my original roaches. Around a year after I got her I realized how amazing she was and she became my favorite. Since then I would spend so much time with her and we would do so much together. She was very calm and polite and she had never hissed ever. I got her as an adult so she was pretty old and died of old age. Prims full name is primula and that is basically the scientific name for primrose. I named her primula because I didn't want her to be confused with prim from the hunger games but then I started calling her prim anyway. Over the years she touched so many people's hearts and helped many get over their fear of bugs. I wish she could know how much she was loved.

for context, this is a bioactive and the dubias are part of the cleanup crew, definitely not a popular choice but in my experience they’re an amazing addition to cleanup crews! (i’d be careful about keeping them with other inverts though, if they aren’t getting enough food they wont shy away from nibbling on someone who just molted, you can easily avoid this by keeping them well fed but important to note anyway)

but yeah, it sounds crazy but i keep seeing this one basking with my boy asher. i literally never see any of the dubias go over there except for this one, and she’s ONLY there when hes basking. they usually stay on the moist side because thats where most of the food is, but low and behold… it’s just this one too as far as i can tell, i’m pretty good at telling roaches apart because i’ve been keeping roaches as pets for years and i love each one of them.

that being said, it is worth noting that all of the dubias in here ARE socialized and have the survival instincts of a sock because they’re from my personal colony of dubias who i interact with and hold frequently, but it’s different because they know im the one who brings them food and enrichment which gives them insensitive to like me, asher just sits on his ass all day like a fat chud xD. i dont wanna say anything too absurd, im a very skeptical person, but i’m wondering if she for some reason sees him as part of the colony? they ARE way more socially intelligent than most people think, and they have the ability to recognize people and even be trained, but even so… it’s unlike anything i’ve ever seen before!

i know this is really specific and dubias as cleanup crew members for bioactives is uncommon enough as is, but has ANYONE had any similar experiences???

Dúbia nymphs are so cute. I love their huge armour and tiny heads <3

My pink girl. Why is the head armor not black?