Anyone Else Experience Escaping Dubia? (Besides Me..)

[ButterflyGirl89]

Lately I've had a problem with finding random dubia walking around my house. >_<

It's probably because my colony is severely overcrowded (gotta get around to making that craigslist ad...) but still.

I thought they weren't supposed to be able to climb smooth surfaces, but I find them on the underside of the bin's lid all the time. So far outside the bin it's been 90% males with a nymph or 2, but lately when I open the lid females are literally falling out. I've caught all of them (I think) so far, but it's very worrying.
Especially since my parents don't even know about my secret colony... o_o

Oh, and another reason I'm worried is because I turned off their CHE a few months ago because it is indeed overcrowded, but I still see babies allll the time! Apparently southern Cali is warm enough that they can breed without supplemental heat and so I worry what could happen if females did indeed get loose, too...

Obviously I'll be buying a bigger bin, soon. x_x


anyone else ever have random dubia escapees? What did you do?

 

[Twobeardieguy]

Run a strip of clear packaging tape around the whole top. That will stop them.

 

[Buckmaster299]

i had this problem in my beginning enclosure. i foudn out that they were escaping when i would have the lid open. i was quick to fix the problem with some tape. lol

 

[Jayson745]

I think it depends on the bin. All of ours are the same except one, and that one, they can climb. Its not as shiny smooth as the rest. I think that bin is going to get retired when we go shopping again.

 

[Goodtruant]

I've also seen people who use double lids. The first lid always stays on and has a huge hole cut in it, basically a 1" border around the entire bin. The other lid goes on top, it has a small hole with a wire mesh vent.

 

[kjinxx2]

I leave the lid off of mine to keep the humidity down at times, I've never had an escape.

 

[Nutzrus]

i put a 2 inch layer of Vaseline around the top of mine and have not had any escape unless i dropped them LOL cats love it when i drop them.

 

[Buckmaster299]

That's a neat idea.

 

[ButterflyGirl89]

i put a 2 inch layer of Vaseline around the top of mine and have not had any escape unless i dropped them LOL cats love it when i drop them.

I tried that but noticed that my heat light was making the vaseline all melty to where it slowly oozed down...
probly works better if you're using a pad, though