how long?

[jasond02]

Just got my dubia colony setup today with 36 females, 10 males, and about 250 nymphs. They are starting to eat so that's a good sign! Just wondering will they start breeding possibly tonight or does it take awhile for them to destress?

 

[Soulwind]

They are most likely breeding happily.

In fact, if you bought them as adults, many of the females were probably
already bred.

Gestation time is about 30 days or so, with live birth of anywhere from 20-40
nymphs, and then about a 10-15 day cooldown phase before breeding/gestation starts again. [which is why we just take a simple 20-25 babies a month average].

Adult females have a breeding lifespan of approximately 12-14 months, and newborn
nymphs take about 5-6 months to reach adulthood and start their own breeding.

 

[jasond02]

haha that's funny b/c I came home after work and found around 20 babies in the bin, the female was being very protective of them too. She had to have come here already knocked up.

 

[jasond02]

here is a picture I took...