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I have a few Blatta lateralis running around my garage but I'm almost certain they're natives here as well and not just mine escaping. I have not done a night walk yet to see if that's true around the neighborhood but I will confirm that soon. If it is my colony escaping then...uh oh; not really...

I seem to have the problem of them not being responsive at high temps like many of you. around 75-85F seems to be their preferred range.

Haha, sorry darkhelmet if it seemed like I took a jab at you...I didn't even realize it. I usually like to make the point that fresh is best.

I feed mine mainly romain for moisture (I also supply a drinking supply via cotton wick and a reservoir). Main food sources are cat food, cricket diet, and fresh fruit, rice, etc from the day after being cooked. I never use left overs from days ago, I like to think it keeps the colony healthier...

The fusca I raise usually aren't skittish at all and grow rather fast. Discoids I'll agree are probably one of THE best for feeder purposes rather than hissers.

I'm in Merced now and everynight I've been going "hmm...did they escape?" since I have a huge colony of them in my garage. Turns out, they're wild here, so I just let them be. I'd definately look into stick paper or glue-like traps.

I usually feed, on a daily basis, quality cat food with a protein range of about 39-45%, a fish flake with about 35%, and whatever else I have on hand.

It could, see what happens. No harm in trying right? I'm pretty sure it'll just keep growing till it dies of exhaustion.

I believe the caterpillar is done for either way, with or without your help. To the best of my knowledge, the wasp larvae releases certain signals into the hosts body to prevent them from pupating, thus becoming giant eating machines.

1. This really depends on the species. Most "common" species, ie, chinese, european, asian giant, etc will be extremely cannibalistic. Communal species are rare and the peace only lasts as long as the food supply lasts. My advice, separate them. 2. Sexing is usually done after L3 or L4...

B. craniifer can be purchased from Peter at bugsincyberspace.com, James at blaberus.com, and Dave Grimm (I think). Either way, all 3 of those people are my main sources for awesome roaches. I'll have some in a few months too.

Yes, BUT they need plenty of veggies then and also a watering dish.

If you want something cool definately go with B. craniifer. A little more expensive but well worth the price. Very black, very beautiful...and easy too! Non-climber, not aggressive, not skittish. <---good stuff!

I'm worried as well, I didn't have a package from him but we were talking and I haven't heard back from him in a long time. I hope he is just busy with his catering business and not anything serious. Hey Bob, I hope everything is ok with you, hurry back.

Great info Ethan. My colony of discoids aren't able to climb up smooth sides of a rubbermaid.

Judging by the sheer numbers and how fast they came I would get rid of them fast. You don't want a thousand of these eventually taking nibbles out of your plants and clogging your equipment. I'd say, eventhough they will eat a little algea, they're not worth the trouble in the long run.

It's just the start of her new ooth. Mine always come out very pink and then darken up.

Brings me back to my old fish keeping days...it's always fun to experiment to find the best food for them.

There are places online you can buy ants in bulk just for that purpose. http://www.antsalive.com/hornedlizard.htm