Dubia babies!

[Tricocyst]

wow dubias once they start breeding their population explodes! it took the adults a couple months to start producing babies but now that they have started breeding almost every egg crate I check has numerous nymphs once I get my spiders eating dubia I'll never worry about buying feeders again! now if I could get crickets breeding I'd be well off! I'm surprised that crickets are more difficult to breed and dubia do all the work they just need food/water/warmth/humidity where as I'm still failing with crickets lol

edited to include that I checked on them again and actually witnessed a female giving birth to small white dubia! I wish my phone wasnt dead so I could have took a picture!!!

 

[Pasodama]

Dubia roaches really are quite prolific.
Have been breeding them for a handful of years.

Recently, I decided on doing a half-a$$ed attempt at breeding crickets. Basically, just keeping their environment clean and I provided them with a container filled with soil, etc., (which I moisten periodically) to lay eggs in. Feed & water gel also provided of course.
Well, as it turns out, I am having some success. Actually have baby crickets.

A few years ago, I found that moist sphagnum moss also works for crickets to lay eggs in.
Found this out quite by accident when I found these very tiny insects in a couple of my gecko enclosures.
Freaked me out, at first, not knowing what these tiny invaders were.
Upon closer inspection, I discovered that these very tiny insects were "newborn" crickets!
Apparently a momma cricket, or two, had enough time to quickly lay their eggs, in the geckos' moist sphagnum moss, prior to their getting eaten by the geckos. LoL

 

[MassExodus]

I tried breeding darkling beetles to make superworms. The beetles killed each other...I know I just need to read up on it some more to get it right, but its easier for me to just use roaches. As @Tricocyst is discovering, dubia are great. And lateralis too.

 

[Pasodama]

I tried breeding darkling beetles to make superworms. The beetles killed each other...I know I just need to read up on it some more to get it right, but its easier for me to just use roaches. As @Tricocyst is discovering, dubia are great. And lateralis too.

That is odd. I bred meal worms, and super worms, without the beetles killing each other.
The "aliens" (pupa), OTOH, would get eaten if left in the container with worms &/or beetles.
I would remove the "aliens" and place them in their own container.

 

[MassExodus]

That is odd. I bred meal worms, and super worms, without the beatles killing each other.
The "aliens" (pupa), OTOH, would get eaten if left in the container with worms &/or beatles.
I would remove the "aliens" and place them in their own container.

Well, the thing is, I looked it up, said "oh that looks simple" and threw 4 beetles in together, with food. They ate some of the food, and two days later there were pieces everywhere and one beetle left. So I may have thrown four males in together? No idea. I do intend to try again sometime, it was a rather half assed effort