Flying roach?

[uberglasses]

Much to my horror today, I was adding food to my dubia roach colony bin when one of them flew out at me. Seriously, I saw it jump up and flutter at me until it hit me in the arm. At that point, I screamed and fell back. Then I quickly closed the bin to prevent anything else. I know I wasn't imagining it, but can they fly? Only the males right?

Tomorrow I'm getting a bigger bin or doing something so this never happens again. I'm also gonna tear my place up trying to find that stray roach before it drives me up the wall!

 

[Claudiusx]

Hi Ben,

They can't necessarily fly, they can flutter like what you described. A well placed jump and some wing action can get them pretty far but they won't usually do that. Actually, its never happened to me in the 2+ years I've had dubias.

-Brandon

 

[uberglasses]

That was some bold flutter from that one dubia! Luckily for me, I found the adventurous bug last night and quickly fed him to my leopard gecko, haha. It made sleeping through the night much easier.