What the HECK is wrong wth this female Dubia?

[OxDionysus]

I was moving my nymphs from the adults and found this female with a fungus or parasite? At first it looked like it was being eaten by other dubia.
Any ideas?

I am really worried, I never seen anything like this before. So far it is the only one like this. I separated it and am going to see if it get worse.

 

[RoachGirlRen]

It looks to me like she was munched during a moult or otherwise, and hardened up with bad damage to the exo. The yellowish crust looks more like dried out bodily fluids than a parasite or fungus. She might die if she's leaking still, but if she isn't she may survive. I imagine if you keep her clean on dry sub, she will probably be OK (or, you could feed her out). Though, I don't believe mature dubias molt again, so I don't know that she will heal the damage.

 

[OxDionysus]

I don't use a subtrate with my dubia, I sure hope that is all it is though. I didn't thing dubia ate eachother, though I have found a dead adult like 6 months ago that was half eaten

 

[Matt K]

It looks to me like she was munched during a moult or otherwise, and hardened up with bad damage to the exo. The yellowish crust looks more like dried out bodily fluids than a parasite or fungus. She might die if she's leaking still, but if she isn't she may survive. I imagine if you keep her clean on dry sub, she will probably be OK (or, you could feed her out). Though, I don't believe mature dubias molt again, so I don't know that she will heal the damage.

This is correct.

Depending on individual colony conditions, some degree of cannibalism does/can occur with any roach species.

 

[Anthony Straus]

What are you feeding them?...I believe I heard cannibalism can happen if they aren't getting enough protein.