Flight of the dubia

[spiderfield]

Hey everyone, noticed a funny thing a couple weeks back but I never got to discussing it until now. I keep a colony of dubia outdoors in a snap-lid rubber-maid tub and they've been growing/reproducing at a steady pace. To make a long story short, one night I was in my patio having a smoke and I watched a dubia fly from who-knows-where up to my screen door (assuming he started from the ground, it would had to have been a gain in altitude of about 5'). As I was about to get him, he flew down and then right back up to the screen. I grabbed him by the wings and replaced him into my colony. This is mentioned in posts #40-42 in the following:

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=463&page=3

And to reiterate Martin H.'s post, they definitely are capable of upward (albeit uncoordinated) flight. I'm curious as to whether anyone else has observed this?

Thanks,
Ryan

 

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Hey everyone, noticed a funny thing a couple weeks back but I never got to discussing it until now. I keep a colony of dubia outdoors in a snap-lid rubber-maid tub and they've been growing/reproducing at a steady pace. To make a long story short, one night I was in my patio having a smoke and I watched a dubia fly from who-knows-where up to my screen door (assuming he started from the ground, it would had to have been a gain in altitude of about 5'). As I was about to get him, he flew down and then right back up to the screen. I grabbed him by the wings and replaced him into my colony. This is mentioned in posts #40-42 in the following:

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=463&page=3

And to reiterate Martin H.'s post, they definitely are capable of upward (albeit uncoordinated) flight. I'm curious as to whether anyone else has observed this?

Thanks,
Ryan

I see it all the time with lateralis. I'm surprised to hear dubia can.

 

[Rochelle]

I have never seen this.

I keep a colony of roughly 15,000 - 25,000 in doors - without a lid.
I have never had a single escape. :?

 

[Warren Bautista]

Gah! 25000 dubia!

Hijack over.

 

[barabootom]

I hung a sticky fly ribbon about a foot above my dubia bin inside the bin to catch gnats. In the morning I found several adult males stuck to it. They had to flutter a short ways upward to get stuck. 5 feet sounds like a lot. I oftentimes leaves the lid off my bin and to my knowledge, none have flown out. I live in Wisconsin and there are some wild roaches living in the forest around my house that look like half sized dubias, only a little shinier. Are you sure it was a dubia?

 

[spiderfield]

Yea, I put him into a container and gave him a good look-over...definitely dubia, especially with its size. The only roaches i've see around my complex are the Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis). I'm guessing he may have flown out when I cracked the tub's lid open (which I do often to air them). But with the 5 feet, yea, not sure as I was sitting down at the time and heard a loud flapping. I actually thought it was a sphinx moth at first, as it seemed attracted to the indoor lights.

 

[Dillon]

Yes, I've seen them fly. Upwards... Fast...

They can do it, and I dont think I could ever not have a lid on my colony.

 

[OxDionysus]

I agree...I see mine flutter up sometimes at night to the screen on my lid. I think the males have no problem getting heights 3-4'.

 

[samatwwe]

Hey everyone, noticed a funny thing a couple weeks back but I never got to discussing it until now. I keep a colony of dubia outdoors in a snap-lid rubber-maid tub and they've been growing/reproducing at a steady pace. To make a long story short, one night I was in my patio having a smoke and I watched a dubia fly from who-knows-where up to my screen door (assuming he started from the ground, it would had to have been a gain in altitude of about 5'). As I was about to get him, he flew down and then right back up to the screen. I grabbed him by the wings and replaced him into my colony. This is mentioned in posts #40-42 in the following:

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=463&page=3

And to reiterate Martin H.'s post, they definitely are capable of upward (albeit uncoordinated) flight. I'm curious as to whether anyone else has observed this?

Thanks,
Ryan

That wouldve been pretty cool to see!