I've been a herper for many years but never tried to breed any feeders until now.
Here's my issue: bought approximately 150 discoid from a local breeder here about 3 months ago... I set up Temps in the mid 80s low 90s, egg flats, water crystals and home made roach chow.
I was advised that the roaches with the long wings are males, also denoted by the small last section of the abdomen and females are wider and have a larger last section of the abdomen... They're eating and molting fine, but it seems even the ones that looked like females are molting into males?
Maybe I read something wrong and have been sexing them wrong?
Males and females have wings but the females are bigger I believe. They have wings once they reach adult stage. Have you started to see a new generation appear in the colony? I'd guess that a few months in you should start to see some soon.
Males and females have wings but the females are bigger I believe. They have wings once they reach adult stage. Have you started to see a new generation appear in the colony? I'd guess that a few months in you should start to see some soon.
I've now just learned how to properly sex discoids. I can't tell you how many times I've been told that the males are the only ones that have wings... For the love of Dog, my colony should work out now!