Here is a picture of a female dubia laying an egg sack

[Twobeardieguy]

Not sure if anybody ever seen it before so I thought I would post it!

 

[kalipbean]

Ahh i love looking at this kinda stuff before dinner...

Its amazing how long the sack gets hanging out. I've seen females run all around with a long sack, their quite durable actually.

 

[Twobeardieguy]

Sorry to spoil your dinner!! :lol: :wink: And just incase people are saying, I thought they where born live well they are!

Females lay an egg sack, they then pull this sack back into themselves to incubate ovoviviparity.
Gestation is about one month (28 days).
The babies hatch inside the female. Between 20 and 40 live young, each about 2 mm long, are produced in each clutch.

 

[Triage]

Pure awesomeness.

 

[DragonsInKansas]

The first time i saw that it totally freaked me out, i thought something was wrong haha :lol:

 

[NYDragon]

Well, if they didn't seem alien-ish before, they do now lol! But cool pics!

 

[Twobeardieguy]

I just thought that their where some people that would like to see it! I am going to work on getting the labor of the babies now! :wink:

 

[clear]

If you want to see something really cool you should try to catch some video of a male "flaunting" in front of a female. Very cool display.

 

[Momto3boys]

Wow, that's awesome!! I hope I get to see that someday

I wanna see a male flauting his stuff as well, haha that would be cool to watch

 

[RioReptiles]

Its really cool to watch every ridge in the egg sack split out with a baby roach. I was cleaning a bin a couple weeks ago and found a separated egg sack that I set aside. I was kind of bummed it was dropped but within a few hours it started to hatch out babies so it was really cool.

Here's a good one. Has anyone else seen two male dubia breeding? Seriously, I reached in to grab one with the tongs and another male was attached, I couldn't believe it. I watched them walk around for a while like that and didn't have the nerve to poke and prod them apart. I assume their body parts are different than most animals otherwise this wouldn't be possible.

 

[Twobeardieguy]

Yea it is pretty nasty! Here is another shot I got today. I just thought it was cool how I got the zoom..

 

[snowdragon]

Man I have had my adult male and females for 2 mths now and still dont have any babies . I have food in the bin 24/7 the temp is about 90-95 and I just cant figure out why. I was told that the females were prego when I got them..

 

[Twobeardieguy]

Do you use water crystals? Also how are you heating the bin and also from the top or bottom? How are you measuring the temp to be sure it is hot enough?

 

[Twobeardieguy]

Ok so I know everyone seen them molt before but I just got a few good shots I thought id share!

 

[snowdragon]

Yes they have water crystals and I am heating it with a heat lamp from the side of the bin so that they dont get too much light. I just checked the temp and it is 91.6.