The Best Feeder Roach?

[ZooRex]

Well, it appears that some where I missed that B. lateralis isn't a good species to keep cause they CAN start a population in your house. Because of this I will be getting rid of them and need to find a new better species of feeder roaches to keep. This sp needs to fit the following criteria:
1. Non-climbling
2. Smaller size (no/not many 3 inchers)
3. Meaty (low shell to meat raitio)
4. Absolutly no chance of them becoming a plauge, EVER. They must be a completly tropical sp, that can't survive without the right conditions.
Hopefully such a roach exists, can you help me in the search? Thanks ~ Rex

 

[dtknow]

I'm sure everyone is looking for something like that. I want something that produces tiny nymphs, but can't become a pest. So far...

orangeheads: prolific as heck and produce nymphs a little bigger than a grain of rice. Very meaty but may get too large for you. you could always harvest on the nymphs.

greenbananas: Small etc. but also a bit on the hard to find side for feeder roaches. Adults can climb and fly well.

 

[Takumaku]

B. fumigata (cuban burrowing roach) will fit this bill. Adult average size (1.2-1.8, with males being in the smaller range). Non-flying & non-jumping/gliding.

The only downside is the broad size is small (average about 10-12 nymphs) compared to other tropical roaches, so you will need more to maintain a colony necessary for feeding purposes.


Besides the above, you have dubia that most everyone loves, discoids (or any blaberus sp.), orangeheads. Orangeheards are probably your most prolific of all of the ones that I mentioned.

 

[Don&SallysZoo]

I personally like and use Blaptica dubia. Non-climbing, easy and reliable breeders. Meat to shell ratio is one of the best of roaches. Another thing I like about dubias are there pretty slow for roaches, which makes handling them easy.

I tried B. lateralis, but those bastards move too fast for my taste!

 

[Snake_Eyes]

Dubia are great although my scorps don't care for them much.