KitKatie329 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 So, I woke up this morning and the first thing I did was check my roach bins. To my surprise there was a hisser nymph, about 3 weeks old, chilling on my dubia bin. I JUST re-petroleum jellied my hisser tank! I have NO clue how it got high enough in the tank to slip out of the lid. I chased it down and tossed it back in, and double checked my barrier, yep, still there! I have concluded that this nymph was a ninja. Does anyone else have ninja roach stories? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 well in every roach bin i have at least one B latteralis that makes it way in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolverine Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Try some Brown Banded roaches! They walk across barriers all the time. Had a male Therea escaped while cleaning , thankfully my wife thought he was a beetle and it didn't get me yelled at Watch out for those ninjas. So, I woke up this morning and the first thing I did was check my roach bins. To my surprise there was a hisser nymph, about 3 weeks old, chilling on my dubia bin. I JUST re-petroleum jellied my hisser tank! I have NO clue how it got high enough in the tank to slip out of the lid. I chased it down and tossed it back in, and double checked my barrier, yep, still there! I have concluded that this nymph was a ninja. Does anyone else have ninja roach stories? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKatie329 Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 I love the less roachy roaches for that reason. My dad was talking to me last week while I was feeding my E. javanicas and he didn't know what they were. When I showed him my collection he was astonished. He said, "I thought you had bins and bins of just brown roaches! I had no idea they're so different!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recluse Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I have had my hisser colony for about 7 years now. I believe the nymphs can walk over vaseline because I have had more escapes of hissers than anything else. Now I keep all my hisser species with a very tight fitting lid and vaseline to prevent escapes while maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 One word... Fluon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
araceae Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 I sat down at my computer and there was a Pseudomops septentrionalis on my keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likebugs Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 I find the occasional Pycnoscelus surinamensis in various places in my home, but they may be coming in from outdoors because I have seen them before I started keeping them. I believe that Surinam roaches are "all ninjas" anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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