Are male or female hissers generally larger?

[Keith]

Just wondering who is usually larger, males or females?

 

[KitKatie329]

In my experience females are larger.

 

[Keith]

Thank you for your help. I had a male who was slightly larger than the female and he's one tough guy, waiting to see if the offspring will be super sized too now that I know he is abnormally large.

 

[KitKatie329]

How awesome, I wish you luck. I have 3 "giant" males and it seems that they are too large to breed, no matter how many females I put in with them, none ever get gravid.

Then again, my males dwarf my females, hopefully yours are a bit closer in size.

 

[MrCrackerpants]

Just wondering who is usually larger, males or females?

Which species and when you say larger do you mean in length or weight?

 

[KitKatie329]

It says hissers in the title. Females tend to be both bulkier and larger.

 

[MrCrackerpants]

It says hissers in the title. Females tend to be both bulkier and larger.

There are multiple species of hissers. For example, Aeluropoda insignis (Flat Horn Madagascar Hissing Roach), Elliptorhina chopardi (Dwarf Madagascar Hissing Roach)

Elliptorhina javanica (Halloween Madagascar Hissing Roach), Gromphadorhina oblongonota (Wide Horn Madagascar Hissing Roach), Gromphadorhina portentosa (Madagascar Hissing Roach) and others.

 

[Keith]

Vanweirbecki and oblongonata