Escaped Dubias, NEED HELP

[Juno Choi]

I'm freaking out right now because it's the third time I saw a dubia roach just crawling around last night. I was warned that dubias cannot climb smooth surfaces so I put them into a 10g tank but I closed the opening with a mesh lid about 9/10th of the way. This is how the roaches escaped: there was a wire (heating device part) that comes out of the slit opening that's closing the enclosure only 9/10th of the way. So the roaches climbed up there and I don't know how many escaped, but I caught three so far. I feel like a small amount escaped because the estimated amount of roaches before the incident felt the same. Anyways, how screwed am I right now? ): How bad of a problem can this pose?

 

[CakeLore]

I guess it would depend largely on if a pregnant female escaped. I don't know if they'd even breed in your house though. I wouldn't feed my tarantula any of the recaptured animals though; you have no idea what they might have eaten around your house.

 

[trailblazin02]

they may have climbed the silicone in the corners of the tank also. found out the hard way too. but usually end up finding the roaches dead in aweek or so.
they need 80-90 temps and higher humidity to breed. I wouldn't worry too much about a few that escape

 

[ShredderEmp]

Also, they probably wouldn't survive the winter or even the fall.

 

[3skulls]

I have had dubia live over winter in my frog / toad tank. I let it brumate down into the 50s

 

[ShredderEmp]

I have had dubia live over winter in my frog / toad tank. I let it brumate down into the 50s

But in New Jersey?

 

[Scoolman]

No worries. Nymphs dehydrate very quickly. Adults live less than a year.