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So my giant banana roaches whichi thought had died out suddenly exsploded with a swarm of nymphs, my gravid A.tesselata finally gave birth judging by the 20 or so nymphs i found today, my Gyna lurida have been breeding for a while and my 1st gen are growing strongly and to top it all off i...

Im getting some of these real soon, any tips? Read what i can about them but there's not a lot of info on the web :huh: Any pics of the adults?

So ive got 2 adults pairs now, the one female has been adult for a fair while, when should i expect to see nymphs? Have seen mating displays before, pretty stunning, especially when you had no idea they did that :yikes:

I saw one of my domino's with an oothecae yesterday, the only thing is is that i dont know if i have any male, i brought them as adults so their might of been males before i had them but do they produce infertile ooths?

I remember reading somewhere about the ventilation and humidity of these roaches but now i cant find the thread or remember which forums its even on :huh: Of course i made sure i had the ventilation right before recieving them but i just want to double check :)

Does this look ok? Its mostly leaf litter with a couple of crushed up chunks of wood and a bit of soil in between it all. I was going to place a thin peice of bark on top for the adults to climb on, at the moment the only thing ive done to it is added a thin layer of sphagnum on top of all the...

Can these be used as feeders?

I cant find much information on these on the web and ive already searched google. I may be getting some soon but it will be a lot out of my wallet so i want to make sure i get the conditions spot on first time around because i cant afford any losses, especially as i want to breed them :)...

Just saw a link to this site whilst browsing and seeing as i have a couple of species i thought what the hell :D