#Dubia Roach

[confirmedgeckos]

It’s not Digiorno, it’s Dubia!

[chronicsheepdrawing]

This is cause for Celebration! ( I'm genuinely really excited. )

Picture of him eating under the cut ( Arachnophobia Warning )

[kaonarvna]

We've had the frogs for a month or so now——they're doing well, eating well, pooping well. We keep crickets and dubias now, and they eat them both happily, for the most part.

One of the frogs hates the tongs, so I often have to pop on a glove to offer bugs by hand. One of them croaks to recordings of other frogs, and to a song that has pacman "wakawakawaka" sounds in it. That frog has also developed little nuptial pads. We've got at least one boy.

The crickets seem to recognise me. They hide under the egg cartons as soon as I enter the room. They don't do the same for my spouse, who doesn't feed the frogs at the moment. They seem to know that I'm the reason their numbers go down every other day. I try not to feel bad about the fear they show towards me. I am, after all, presenting them straight to the mouths of predators. They know. They're little, but they're not dumb.

[muttskydogs]

As an aside, here is a little video of our dubias enjoying some hydration. None of them are adults yet, but we're not far off from having a couple reach their final instar, I think in a couple more months!

[pigeon-feet]

color variations in my male dubia roaches + a pretty female

[fluvsie]

Little guy

[lulubeanie]

Dubia roaches carrot treat !

Pill bugs carrot treat !

[1spooky-dad]

"insects are such boring pets, they don't do anything!"

Wrong. My dubia roaches are precious, and actually quite intelligent. One of them has learned to get out of the terrarium, some how (it is always the same one, as she's the only one who has developed (flightless) wings) and has learned to crawl to the top shelf and get my attention by scuttling about on the tinfoil bases the plants up there sit in to catch water. It is around the same time several nights in a row, to tell me that the colony would like some new repashy food please. Her big bulky body makes a very distinct sound on the metal, and she's very easy to catch, often just crawling into my hand unless i scare her. She returns back to the tank as soon as I put my hand in there. And then i add more of their food mix and they ALL scurry out of hiding and go ham over food.

My pet roach is learning to Pavlov me into giving them food.

[morbidsmenagerie]

And here we see a wild dubia frolicking around the watering hole, hydrating along with its companions. These giant beautiful beasts— wait... oh god...

OH NO IT SPOTTED M—

O shit run! Dubia are kinda ridiculous roaches not gonna lie, they're so flat.

[cthoniccripple]

got some cute photos of two of my girls while trying out my new camera!

roaches below the cut, as per usual

these cuties are too much for me to handle

[crustacean-a-day]

Honorary Crabs

i love my roaches

[chronicsheepdrawing]

I think men should just be allowed to turn into giant bugs sometimes.

[sh4rkh4ts]

She eat da bug soup

[hydrasaura]

White Prince spotted

[8-legged-cats]

They crave the tometa

[p-paradoxa]

ik I said I don’t post my roaches but whatever. you should know there’s a dope little soul sleeping on his log