Red Goblin Roach Feeders

[JonnyTorch]

The Red Goblin roach.

So I caved and thought I'd buy like 60 dubia roaches, and got about 10 adults and the rest are small nymphs, and to my unpleasant realization that after doing tons of research and "trying my luck" with them, everyone is right, the feeding response is terrible compared to crickets, and I don't like keeping crickets.

I'm debating on starting a roach colony of Red Goblins and after all the research I could find (been searching all day literally) is about general care, temperatures, where they are from, breeding times and sizes of specimens, and general activity. I did find ONE person that responded to a post here years ago about them, with general info but I'm looking for anyone else's first hand experience at them, not just general info. They climb cork bark and act just like a cricket, very close to a cricket and also similar to B. lateralis, but without the invasiveness that the lateralis have. The nymphs can't climb smooth plastic or glass, but adults can, but very clumsily.

I would house lateralis, but my family would kill me if I had any escape. And everyone that has them say they definitely do have a few rogues every so often. I've heard Red Goblin roaches are a great alternative, about the size of crickets and very similar movements, and slower than red runners.

I'm wondering if anyone has kept this species of roach and what your experiences are?

Do they escape often, or more often than Lateralis escapes?

The sizes are perfect for small slings as their size can be pinheads as well and the adults are about the same size as adult crickets. I just CANNOT have escaped infestation possibilities and the goblins are much less invasive than Lats. I live in southern California and red runners are known to be locally seen here and able to facilitate escapees around here.

Thanks

J

 

[Mister B]

I keep lateralis roaches and haven't had any escape yet, if that's a worry for you ?, then you could always try "double tubbing" as a safety measure

 

[Arachnophobphile]

The Red Goblin roach.

So I caved and thought I'd buy like 60 dubia roaches, and got about 10 adults and the rest are small nymphs, and to my unpleasant realization that after doing tons of research and "trying my luck" with them, everyone is right, the feeding response is terrible compared to crickets, and I don't like keeping crickets.

I'm debating on starting a roach colony of Red Goblins and after all the research I could find (been searching all day literally) is about general care, temperatures, where they are from, breeding times and sizes of specimens, and general activity. I did find ONE person that responded to a post here years ago about them, with general info but I'm looking for anyone else's first hand experience at them, not just general info. They climb cork bark and act just like a cricket, very close to a cricket and also similar to B. lateralis, but without the invasiveness that the lateralis have. The nymphs can't climb smooth plastic or glass, but adults can, but very clumsily.

I would house lateralis, but my family would kill me if I had any escape. And everyone that has them say they definitely do have a few rogues every so often. I've heard Red Goblin roaches are a great alternative, about the size of crickets and very similar movements, and slower than red runners.

I'm wondering if anyone has kept this species of roach and what your experiences are?

Do they escape often, or more often than Lateralis escapes?

The sizes are perfect for small slings as their size can be pinheads as well and the adults are about the same size as adult crickets. I just CANNOT have escaped infestation possibilities and the goblins are much less invasive than Lats. I live in southern California and red runners are known to be locally seen here and able to facilitate escapees around here.

Thanks

J

I'm not sure where Palm Desert is but make sure it's legal to have B. lateralis.

If you keep them correctly you will not have any escape.