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https://roachforum.com/threads/female-dubia-with-vent-issues-possible-prolapse.9821/ Here's something similar. Hope it helps There are lots of similar posts and I read three or four with all the same advice

He can most likely breed yes. The adult females are almost certainly already pregnant if they came to you as adults.

She is a hisser, yes? If so than what she may be doing is "airing out" her ootheca. It is kind of difficult to see in that photo to be honest. Hopefully that's all it is, and it is normal for her to do so once mature and breeding.

I know I contributed once a couple years ago. I think @jojolovesbugs is the one to contact about sponsoring now. I need to re-up myself.

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Welcome!

Increased moisture also helps mites unfortunately.

Some will get stuck in the barrier. An increase in springtail numbers might offer competition to the mites' food supply.

I've never really had this exact issue thankfully. I'd probably try placing small apple pieces all over their bin and then throw them away later that day or the next day then put fresh apple pieces and repeat in hopes that you throw away most of the mites on apple pieces. At the same time I'd...

I want to say that they have specialized piercing mouthparts when young used to pierce mom and slurp/drink. Said mouthparts are lost at some point. It is very crazy cool! Mine are in a slump unfortunately- I need to pay them more attention.

Very very cool to read your blog post about what these mean to you. I'm very happy for you 🤗 And the excitement in your voice in your video short is pure joy. Thank you for sharing with us.

Welcome! What's your favorite at this time?

I wouldn't be worried at all. You shouldn't have any problems at all.

If you want to keep their future babies, I would recommend a gasketed/waterproof storage tote/bin with added ventilation. Lots of great easy to access care info here: https://www.invertebratedude.com/p/madagascar-hissing-cockroaches.html?m=1 If you don't use a gasket bin you will probably end up...

Thorax porcellana doesn't bolt. I haven't seen them fly. The very young feed from the mother. Just a guess on size but the adult females might be 3/4" and males are smaller and thinner. They do seem prone to fungal infection.

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My favorite for a good while now has been Thorax porcellana. My second favorite is Plectoptera poeyi. I can't wait to have a whole bunch of both but it has been slow going. I don't have great photos of either of them. But here is a large P. poeyi nymph and an adult female T. porcellana.

There is a section for articles in @Martin 's discord You could try messaging him directly through these forums

I vote for old jelly. The description fits what happens to jellies I use as they dry up. Possibly could be slime mold as well.

Luckily they have your full time strength and attention. 😁