Escaped B.Dubia - Need some information

[Norwegian]

Hi all,

As the title goes, I have an escaped Dubia. A single male, and as it goes right now, I honestly don't think I can find it. Since it is a male, and only a single individual I feel a bit more comfortable (although this is probably the one thing I had hoped would never happen).

I don't live in a tropical area at all, as my nick indicates, so it shouldn't be able to survive for too long here. From the caresheets I've seen, lower level temperature for successful captivity seems to be 23C.

If I have my indoor temperature much below 23C how long would it take for it to die?

...Perhaps a strange (or silly) thing to ask about, but I simply can't handle the thought of having an escaped cockroach in my apartment.

 

[KJE]

I've had a few escapes. I never worry much about it. I have found that within a week or so they usually die from dehydration. I definitely wouldn't worry about it since it's a male.

 

[gvfarns]

Yeah they don't actually die of the cold, despite popular opinion to the contrary. They die of dehydration or starvation or whatever (predation, pesticides...). They might even live a good long life and die of old age if circumstances are right (unlikely). The point is that they don't reproduce or infest. They aren't adapted to live in your house. Even where they live naturally you never find them indoors. At least not dubia (lateralis are a different story).

I have had escapees both of dubia and lateralis (escaped from my hands, not their enclosure). Never found them. It's been months or years, and I've never seen them. They aren't a problem.

One time I saw what I thought was an escapee lobster roach (and got rid of the colony as a result). I tracked it down and it was a Blatta orientalis, naturally occurring in my apartment building. I had just never seen one before. Oops.

 

[Norwegian]

Thanks guys.

Helps to hear from someone who've experienced this before.

 

[burmish101]

Ive had a big male retic python knock over a cage of 9 Periplaneta austrailasiae about 4 years ago. Every now and then I see one and throw it back in my colony i'm re-starting up lol. Not the greatest thing in the world to happen.