Dubia Dynasty Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 How long can female dubia's produce young after the males are gone? Are they like most animals or can they keep producing for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanBuck Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 i believe they retain sperm but i dont know how much productivity they would have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubia Dynasty Posted July 26, 2014 Author Share Posted July 26, 2014 I kind of let my roaches go downhill, I started way to many projects at once.I have 10 or more large females and a tone of multiple sized juveniles. Hopefully some TLC and time will help the numbers increase. I may have to buy more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanBuck Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 are you feeding the dubias to anything? and what other roaches do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubia Dynasty Posted July 26, 2014 Author Share Posted July 26, 2014 No i didn't feed them off i was trying to breed up a little starter colony and i didn't keep up with the crystals for some time. Luckily i recovered what i did. These are my 1st roach actually, and i'm enjoying them! I don't have anything to feed them too so I have time. Compared to crickets which i raised, dubia are pretty easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanBuck Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Dubia was my first species also, I would say that I have a medium size colony of around 100 females, 90 males and over 500 nymphs mostly smalls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubia Dynasty Posted July 26, 2014 Author Share Posted July 26, 2014 Thats a nice size colony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanBuck Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I wish I could get some bigger nymphs for my dragon though. He only eats large and extra large roaches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubia Dynasty Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Are yours separated yet? or are they still in one container? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanBuck Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I keep mine all in one bin because it seems that the nymphs grow up better. I had at least 2 or 3 batches of babies that didn't grow into second instar for about 2 months but when I put them with the adults they grew quite fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I've had females produce a year after male was gone after that lost track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubia Dynasty Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 Dang! that's along time. I just broke down the other day and spent around $30 to speed up the process. Bought 10 females/5 males, and a mixed assortment of 100 large juveniles. Threw all of those into my container with my other females and juveniles i had. Now i have 3 different breeders genetics. So hopefully i will get a large healthy colony in a few months! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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