Breeding Blaberus discoidales

[Morgan]

Well I recently went to botars house about a month or so ago and picked up a gang of T's and a dozen Blaberus discoidales. Well a couple of my roaches have laid eggs I beleive. They had long rectangular egg sack hanging out of their rear that they would leave behind. I have a couple of them still but the eggs have turned really hard. They are also like a month or so old. So my real question is why don't I have babies yet? I have them on some flexwatt with a hot spot of 90 degrees.

Also I have been searching for a website on how to sex the roaches but I haven't had to much luck finding one. So If you could tell me or give me a link that would be awsome.

Thanks a ton for helping a newb I really appreciate it.

 

[WYSIWYG]

I'm not sure why you'd be seeing eggs? From what I understand, they
have LIVE babies.

Maybe what you're seeing is roach excrement? Looks like a bunch of
little black balls. Other than that, I really don't know what else to tell
you.

Wysi

Well I recently went to botars house about a month or so ago and picked up a gang of T's and a dozen Blaberus discoidales. Well a couple of my roaches have laid eggs I beleive. They had long rectangular egg sack hanging out of their rear that they would leave behind. I have a couple of them still but the eggs have turned really hard. They are also like a month or so old. So my real question is why don't I have babies yet? I have them on some flexwatt with a hot spot of 90 degrees.

Also I have been searching for a website on how to sex the roaches but I haven't had to much luck finding one. So If you could tell me or give me a link that would be awsome.

Thanks a ton for helping a newb I really appreciate it.

 

[xelda]

They extract their egg case, which then bursts with live nymphs that gobble up the egg sac. Sometimes you may even see older nymphs come to help eat the egg sac. The process of extracting the case takes hours. During this time, you shouldn't disturb the mother or else she may drop the egg case and you'd lose the babies.

 

[Rourke]

They extract their egg case, which then bursts with live nymphs that gobble up the egg sac. Sometimes you may even see older nymphs come to help eat the egg sac. The process of extracting the case takes hours. During this time, you shouldn't disturb the mother or else she may drop the egg case and you'd lose the babies.

Right. I think you are looking at aborted eggcases.

(and I'm not tryin' to be "Pro-" or "Anti-" here..... )

 

[Morgan]

I think you are looking at aborted eggcases.

That makes sense. If my digi cam was any good at macro shots I'd post a pic.

Maybe what you're seeing is roach excrement? Looks like a bunch of little black balls..

Although I am new I'm fairly confident that I can tell what roach crap looks like.