Been almost a year with the dubia colony

[adtoes]

hey it's been almost a year since i bought my 100 dubia.......it's been sloooow going and I haven't taken the best care of them at times but just wondering what numbers should i be getting to by now? i'm guessing i've got around 200-300 and a ridic amount of tiny baby's......

 

[citrusdragon]

It really depends on how well they are cared for. Good temps, low to mid 90s, and good food and drinking supply and they really take off. They tend to do okay in most conditions, and they're kind of tough to kill off. With the right conditions you get more roaches to mature then reproduce. You have probably got some females just dropping every month with a few new ones reaching maturity as time progresses. More attention to the colony will yield higher growth rates.

Jeff