Alternative Staple to Woodies/Lobster/SpeckledRoaches

TheBeardedSaint · Mar 2, 2018

I live in a very humid area, and the only feeder I use is Woodies or as some of you may know them as Lobster roaches & Speckled feeding roaches the humidity here kills them. I've drilled holes, used net, even had the roof off but nothing they just keep dying and stinking & now I have these little flying bastards that keep laying maggots and I have to keep cleaning it! I've put it in a new room each time and they keep finding them! it's very frustrating cleaning it every 3 days and I lose 5-10 a day.

Is there an alternative staple to them that will survive in humidity thats available in Australia?

CooperDragon · Mar 3, 2018

There are tropical roaches that should do well in high humidity but I'm not sure which are available in Australia. Dubias are good with humidity and I'd look into some of the other roaches that are common in Florida like discoids, banana roaches, etc. Here are some examples https://capecodroaches.com/t/florida-legal-roaches Might not be super helpful based on what is available there but it's a place to start.

TheBeardedSaint · Mar 3, 2018

CooperDragon":11v7155e said:
There are tropical roaches that should do well in high humidity but I'm not sure which are available in Australia. Dubias are good with humidity and I'd look into some of the other roaches that are common in Florida like discoids, banana roaches, etc. Here are some examples https://capecodroaches.com/t/florida-legal-roaches Might not be super helpful based on what is available there but it's a place to start.

Thanks for that, but if they're not native to Australia, we can't get them here.

Pretty sure the only thing I can go with is crickets & woodies sadly.

Alternative Staple to Woodies/Lobster/SpeckledRoaches

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