Last night I opened up my Eublaberus sp. "Ivory" bin to discover that my colony appeared to suffering from a huge die off, possibly caused by pesticides in a piece of fruit I gave them. I promptly removed the fruit, as well as a bunch of the dead and dying roaches, figuring I would clean out the rest the day after. Well, today when I went to clean out the bin, I found that the "dead and dying" roaches I had cleaned up and put in a bag were alive and well, one of the nymphs even molted. Unfortunately, however, my entire colony appears to be dead.
I'm pretty bummed out because these were my favorites. I still don't know the cause of this or if any of the other roaches can be saved, so any help is appreciated.
These are the surviving roaches who I thought were dead/dying.
Here's my dead colony
I'm pretty bummed out because these were my favorites. I still don't know the cause of this or if any of the other roaches can be saved, so any help is appreciated.
Here's my dead colony