B. Dubia and B. Lateralis Communal?
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I keep my bins with Dubia and Lateralis mixed and they do well. They can't interbreed since their reproductive process is different so you don't have to worry about hybrids (which can't reproduce). The only issue I have found is the Lateralis from time to time will randomly lay siege to the male Dubia completely removing their wings. It hasn't hurt the numbers though.
Ok, that's good, I'll try that out once I get a few dubias, I'm gonna mix them with my lats, that would save some space.
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whenever I tried this I noticed one species will eat the others newly born nymphs. I wouldn't recommend it. but thats just my two cents
Really? Did you see that in action that they are eating the nymphs? Is there enough food and water in the enc?
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Maybe I've lived in the South too long, because I don't agree with roach mixing
I am not one of those "use the search function!" types. I am simply saying that you should find several debates on mixing if you do decide to use it. Many worry that eventually one species will out-compete the other for space and resources. There is no chance of interbreeding, not that it would really matter anyway. It probably wont hurt. If you notice that your numbers of one go down...separate them.
Lateralis has a bad rep for eating it's own newborn nymphs to begin with. So that doesn't help things either.
I thought people always say that lats are better than crix because they don't cannibalize?
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I always mix my roach bins with two or more types of roaches and they never interbreed or affect each others ability to trive (only if you have a good combination). I been keeping roaches for many years now so my experiment in my experience is successful. one good combination is hisser, dubias, and burrowing roaches.
However, I would not mix a pest roach with a non pest roach. I tried it in the past and did not like some of the negative things i observe on keeping them together. If you are going to cohabitate different sp of roaches try some slow moving roaches for best results. I would keep the lateralis by itself because their population grow 4X the rate of dubias and produce defensive odor which can irritate dubias when the colony is disturb.
However, I would not mix a pest roach with a non pest roach. I tried it in the past and did not like some of the negative things i observe on keeping them together. If you are going to cohabitate different sp of roaches try some slow moving roaches for best results. I would keep the lateralis by itself because their population grow 4X the rate of dubias and produce defensive odor which can irritate dubias when the colony is disturb.