Blaptica bubia Science Fair and some Questions?

[Travis K]

My daughter and I are gathering information on Blaptica dubia roaches. We are pretty much set execpt for a few things.

Does any one know how many molts/instars it takes for B. dubia to mature?
Is there a different number of molts for males and females?

What does Blaptica mean?
What about dubia?

Animalia – living cellular organism, derived from anima, meaning vital breath or soul.
Arthropoda – meaning "jointed feet"
Insecta - meaning "cut into sections"
Blattodea – derived from the latin word for “cockroach”
Blattellidae - The Blattellidae is a family of the order Blattaria (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches.
Blaptica - ???
Dubia - ???

Thanks,

 

[Atreyuhero4]

I am no expert but, to narrow it down for you I would say the least amount they could possible take is 3 (though not likely) and what I think the most amount would be given they take about 5 months to mature is 7 through 10. Again i'm no expert and these are just estimates based off what I know. Do you raise dubia by any chance? I also dont think it differs between male/female like in tarantulas.

EDIT: The specific epithet dubia is the Latin word for "doubtful".

EDIT 2: If you had the time and wanted something really spectacular you could use this lineage
› cellular organisms
› Eukaryota
› Fungi/Metazoa group
› Metazoa
› Eumetazoa
› Bilateria
› Coelomata
› Protostomia
› Panarthropoda
› Arthropoda
› Mandibulata
› Pancrustacea
› Hexapoda
› Insecta
› Dicondylia
› Pterygota
› Neoptera
› Orthopteroidea
› Dictyoptera
› Blattaria
› Blaberidae
› Blaberinae
› Blaptica

http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/132935

 

[Travis K]

Yes I do have a large colony of B. dubia and we will e using them for her display, some pined and some alive.

 

[Travis K]

I am no expert but, to narrow it down for you I would say the least amount they could possible take is 3 (though not likely) and what I think the most amount would be given they take about 5 months to mature is 7 through 10. Again i'm no expert and these are just estimates based off what I know. Do you raise dubia by any chance? I also dont think it differs between male/female like in tarantulas.

EDIT: The specific epithet dubia is the Latin word for "doubtful".

EDIT 2: If you had the time and wanted something really spectacular you could use this lineage
› cellular organisms
› Eukaryota
› Fungi/Metazoa group
› Metazoa
› Eumetazoa
› Bilateria
› Coelomata
› Protostomia
› Panarthropoda
› Arthropoda
› Mandibulata
› Pancrustacea
› Hexapoda
› Insecta
› Dicondylia
› Pterygota
› Neoptera
› Orthopteroidea
› Dictyoptera
› Blattaria
› Blaberidae
› Blaberinae
› Blaptica

http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/132935

Thanks for that link, however my daughter is in 2nd grade and I don't want to make it too detailed because we have a lot of other information to convey.

Thanks for the dubia definition, do you know where or what blaptica comes from?

 

[Atreyuhero4]

Sorry, I didn't know what grade and my last science fair was in 7th ... No I tried everything to find that for you. I don't think it means anything besides being a genus.

 

[Atreyuhero4]

Hey, I also came across this list today while researching for the dubias im getting tomorrow.

http://theboardedwindow.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/blaptica-dubia-the-colony/

Its got some pretty good info.

 

[Travis K]

Thanks,

Does any one know how many molts/instars B. dubia go through?

 

[OldHag]

Ive heard that MOST roaches go through about 7 molts to adulthood.
Dubia means to doubt or hesitate... in latin.

 

[Kirk]

What does Blaptica mean?

Might be derived from the Greek blaptikos, harmful, hurtful.

 

[Travis K]

Thanks guys. Appreciate the imput. I'll have to post her work once we finish.

any other cool ideas or facts would be greatly appreciated.