augsburg1530
Juvie Member
For those of you considering raising dubia or those with new colonies, I thought I would post the following info for your enjoyment and to give you some idea of what to expect from a breeding colony!
I just sexed and separated my dubia colony.
I started my colony in May with 55 adult females and 20 males plus another 150 mixed from http://www.theroachguy.com I have left them alone in their tote to breed and breed, only feeding off excess males occasionally.
When I separated my colony today, I counted 103 adult females and 30 adult males (I've previously fed off some males to keep their numbers down close to 1 male for every 3 females) plus another 100+ medium size male nymphs and about the same number medium sized female nymphs and another 300+ nymphs too small for me to worry about sexing.
All the female nymphs, big enough for me to sex, were put back in the breeding tote and I put the male nymphs, plus all the small nymphs too small to sex, in their own tote and left the adults and female nymphs in a tote of their own to continue breeding. I also put another 15 or so juvenile male nymphs into the breeder tote to replenish the studd pool for the next generation.
Assuming I keep the number at 100 breeding females and these have 20 babies per month, that is 2000 (two thousand) babies a month they will produce! More than enough to feed Spike
Needless to say, I am incredibly happy with the results I've had rasing roaches!!! I can't thank Jason at http://www.theroachguy.com enough for all his help and dubia's!
For anyone thinking about raising their own roaches, all I can say is DO IT you won't regret it!
Eric
I just sexed and separated my dubia colony.
I started my colony in May with 55 adult females and 20 males plus another 150 mixed from http://www.theroachguy.com I have left them alone in their tote to breed and breed, only feeding off excess males occasionally.
When I separated my colony today, I counted 103 adult females and 30 adult males (I've previously fed off some males to keep their numbers down close to 1 male for every 3 females) plus another 100+ medium size male nymphs and about the same number medium sized female nymphs and another 300+ nymphs too small for me to worry about sexing.
All the female nymphs, big enough for me to sex, were put back in the breeding tote and I put the male nymphs, plus all the small nymphs too small to sex, in their own tote and left the adults and female nymphs in a tote of their own to continue breeding. I also put another 15 or so juvenile male nymphs into the breeder tote to replenish the studd pool for the next generation.
Assuming I keep the number at 100 breeding females and these have 20 babies per month, that is 2000 (two thousand) babies a month they will produce! More than enough to feed Spike

Needless to say, I am incredibly happy with the results I've had rasing roaches!!! I can't thank Jason at http://www.theroachguy.com enough for all his help and dubia's!
For anyone thinking about raising their own roaches, all I can say is DO IT you won't regret it!
Eric