Dubia males escaping

[kelii]

Over the past few months I have finding random male dubias around my house. Most of the time they were dead so it didn't bother me much. I figured they were fluttering out of the bin when I was lifting the egg crates. Last night, however, freaked me out. My dog woke me up because he was eating things on the floor and chasing stuff. So, I get up and he's rooting around the closet door where I keep the roaches. When I opened the door I found 3 males on the wall and 2 on the floor! I was shocked to say the least. When I checked the bin there was a line of males climbing their way over each other to get out past the tape! They were on the highest point of egg crate literally World War Z-ing their way out!!

My question is, what do I do? I glad it's only the males that are leaving, and why is that? strange.

 

[mortitia]

That's really creepy, going to tape net on mine now

Marie x

 

[kelii]

I just smeared Vaseline along the top half with the egg crates. I hope that's enough. I didn't want to do the whole thing because when I clean the bin I need a spot to pour the poo out.

 

[mortitia]

Can't you suck it out with the pipe off the hoover

 

[Bucks121]

use a tub that comes with a lid and cut the center out of the lid and hot glue screen in it then theres no way for them to get out

 

[kelii]

They were somehow squeezing out from under it.

 

[thelonelyzombie]

If you line to top of the enclosure with clear regular packing tape, they cannot climb this. IDK why/how they are getting out of your current enclosure. Mine could still get out when I used vasoline. But the packing tape trick really works. If you do not have a 3 inch gap between the egg flats and the lid where you would be sticking the packing tape, then I recommend cutting the egg flat down a bit so that the roaches cannot even get to the lid let alone climb the packing tape.

 

[kelii]

I have the packing tape, but the gap between the crate and the tape was only an inch. That must have been the problem.