Set up one, 1 male 1 female
Female and male are both freshly molted, the female was in an isolated container to make sure she was not pregnant at the time of introduction.
Temp was 90F with daily misting to keep humidity up. I used my own blend of food, with water crystals as a water source.
47 days after introduction the female had 17 babies
65 days after first batch of babies the female had 27 babies and she almost doubled in weight and size after reaching adulthood.
The babies kept at the same type of set up (temp and daily misting) reached adulthood around the 4 month mark.
Set up two, 2 males and 10 females
Everything was kept the same as set up one, females are freshly molted and have not been around any males to make sure they are not pregnant at the time of introduction.
Temp was 90F with misting to keep humidity up, I used my own blend of food, with water crystals as a water source.
54 days after introduction I noticed the first babies, around 22. Next few days it seems like each female had babies.
Based off my findings that having less males to each female seemed to slow down the reproduction by a few days. These findings varified my thoughts that dubia do not reproduce as fast as first thought and grow slow. I have stopped telling people to keep 1 male to each 5 females, I recommend a smaller ratio around 1:2. This experiment was done the beginning of this year, first of spring. I will be starting a new experiment next month to see how the reproduction and growth rate is in fall.