Roach Bin Pics Thread

[StlGreaser]

That is a male. Their wing have to unfold after molting. It will take a while and the wing will be full sized. My Dragons and Geckos love when I find one of those because they get a nice soft treat!

 

[Sapphire]

Thanks! I was hoping it was female, but no such luck I guess. My beardie was fast asleep when I took this picture (at almost 1am, lol) so he didn't get to eat this roach. I'm sure he would have loved to though.

 

[Blundy]

Where in Australia can i buy roaches???

 

[Honda99300ex]

So I made a new bin tonight, I had a 20 gallon, and now I have a 36 gallon rubbermaid. I was tired of putting water gel in every day so I made a new water/food thing, hot glued a waterbottle to the water side, works pretty good so far

 

[Sapphire]

So I made a new bin tonight, I had a 20 gallon, and now I have a 36 gallon rubbermaid. I was tired of putting water gel in every day so I made a new water/food thing, hot glued a waterbottle to the water side, works pretty good so far

That's a pretty cool idea! Let us know if it continues to work out, I might want to try that out.

Where in Australia can i buy roaches???

That's a good question. Most people here buy them from websites but I don't think our sources ship internationally. You'd have to search around the internet to see if you can find some breeders who will ship to you.

 

[StlGreaser]

Well, I sorted out my main colony today and pulled out 320 adult females and 64 adult males to start an other colony! Shot some pics of the adults by them selves this time!

320 adult females.

64 adult males.

Enjoy!

 

[Paradon]

What happened to the males? How come there are fewer males than females?

Oh, I'm sorry! You pull out that many males to start out a new colony! lol Silly me! I thought you had more females than males; then, I would have wanted to buy some from you with the gene like that....

 

[bkelley]

What is the general consensus on the best heating source? I've seen people talk about heating tape and heating pads. For the tape, how do you guys run it? Just coil it up under one side of the bin? Seems like it would be easier to control the temps with a heating pad since you can change the heat settings.

 

[StlGreaser]

What happened to the males? How come there are fewer males than females?

Oh, I'm sorry! You pull out that many males to start out a new colony! lol Silly me! I thought you had more females than males; then, I would have wanted to buy some from you with the gene like that....

Well, I do have a lot more females than males. I only feed off the male nymphs, so I have a lot more females hitting maturity than males all the time.

 

[Sapphire]

I only feed off the male nymphs, so I have a lot more females hitting maturity than males all the time.

How can you tell their gender when they aren't adults?

What is the general consensus on the best heating source? I've seen people talk about heating tape and heating pads. For the tape, how do you guys run it? Just coil it up under one side of the bin? Seems like it would be easier to control the temps with a heating pad since you can change the heat settings.

I think most people use heating pads. it's safe and easy and, like you said, the temps can be adjusted.

 

[jumpinjack]

Figured I would add my link to my youtube video I make a couple of weeks ago. Thanks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAIgii9nNus

 

[StlGreaser]

I only feed off the male nymphs, so I have a lot more females hitting maturity than males all the time.

How can you tell their gender when they aren't adults?

Look at the last segment of the lower side of the nymphs. On the females the last segment will be about twice the size of a similar size male. You will get the hang of picking out the males pretty fast.

 

[bkelley]

Speaking of picking, is it safe to grab them firmly? I have trouble rounding up the smaller ones to feed with. I'm afraid I'll crush them so I just kinda force them to walk into my hands.

 

[Sapphire]

I only feed off the male nymphs, so I have a lot more females hitting maturity than males all the time.

How can you tell their gender when they aren't adults?

Look at the last segment of the lower side of the nymphs. On the females the last segment will be about twice the size of a similar size male. You will get the hang of picking out the males pretty fast.

Oooo, interesting. I'll have to traumatize some of my roaches later and pick out some males. Is there a specific size they need to be before this will show up?

 

[Paradon]

You can sex roaches of any sizes like this.... Any live bearing roaches can be sexed the same way.