madagascar hisser lover Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 hey, just wondering when will the baby hissing cockroaches moult they are currently a month old. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 It seems to vary a lot depending on environment. My hisser nymph was nearly three months old before its first moult, but then it moulted again two or three weeks later. They're funny things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blattodea313 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 My hisser nymphs (most of them) were near adults in three months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 My hisser nymphs (most of them) were near adults in three months Were you feeding them rocket fuel!? Mine was born in September and he/she has only moulted twice so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madagascar hisser lover Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 how do you get them to grow so fast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blattodea313 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Not sure why they grew so fast but they had a mound of dry food at all times in their enclosure, and I fed them with fruits/vegetables every day. Heat was around 74-75 F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madagascar hisser lover Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Hey Blattodea313 at what age do your hisser nymphs moult I found one of mine molted yester day at one month old. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blattodea313 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 My first generation nymphs were the ones who took around 3-4 months to reach maturity. I have had a few more generations after that, but they don't molt nearly as fast as the first generation. I think it might have to do with two of the three months being warm (July and June). Right now the colony is not reproducing because I had to separate the males and females, as they were nearly overcrowding their enclosure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shadowrecon2 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 In my expierence its kinda random... I had about 47 nymphs born on Dec 16th, and they all are molting at completely different times... I have some that have molted about 2 or 3 times already and are almost 2 inches long, but then i have a couple that are still newborn size and have not molted at all yet and still have the dark color. I have also been wondering about it as i thought it extremely odd that some are already so big and some are still so small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blattodea313 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Well even in the large batch of nymphs that grew fast, there were still some that were still tiny when the others where much larger. I believe the ones that are tiny are still little when they reach adulthood since I have a few adult males that are around one or two inches shorter than the average males. I'll have to see if I can catch one of the little ones later today, so I can make a size comparison photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blattodea313 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Here is a link to the size comparison between the small male and average male. https://www.dropbox....4u/IMG_0602.JPG I'm not sure that this one is the smallest, but he is smaller than the average one. I also got some pictures of my colony eating banana. It appears the females enjoy the banana a lot more than the males Females: https://www.dropbox....ez/IMG_0603.JPG Males: https://www.dropbox....ak/IMG_0604.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcbpolish Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 In my expierence its kinda random... I had about 47 nymphs born on Dec 16th, and they all are molting at completely different times... I have some that have molted about 2 or 3 times already and are almost 2 inches long, but then i have a couple that are still newborn size and have not molted at all yet and still have the dark color. I have also been wondering about it as i thought it extremely odd that some are already so big and some are still so small. Similar situation here: I brought 8 nymphs home and am keeping them in a jar on the baseboard radiator. 7 nymphs have molted at LEAST 2x, maybe 3x. And then there's the runt, who I don't think has ever molted, even though he is from the same batch and has been in the same conditions. He also has a malformed antennae on one side, so maybe he has other issues as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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