Zephyr Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Just thought I'd post a couple of multi-species combo enclosures that I have had success with for those interested in keeping multiple species but are tight on space. In the end, it seems that the best way to pick roaches for this sort of housing is to either pick those with different hiding preferences (burrowing vs bark-clinging) or drastically different sizes. Eurycotis lixa + Cariblatta sp. "Arcadia" Panchlora nivea + Aeluropoda insignis Pycnoscelus surinamensis + Blaberus craniifer "UCR" Hemiblabera tenebricosa + Panchlora nivea Parcoblatta fulvescens + Blaptica dubia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Wow, I thought the Cariblatta would be eaten by all other species of roaches. My C. lutea get eaten by everything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blattodea313 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I have another combo to add to that list that I have tried: Hemiblabera tenebricosa + Gyna lurida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I've got hissers, dubia, discoid, and ivories together. I would suggest not mixing hissers with anything but other hissers they could fatally kill others species by squishing them with their horns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcbpolish Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I have hissers and dubia together. The kids seem fine, but the adult males don't get along. I regularly saw male dubia seeming to attack male hissers, and the male dubia were pretty maimed after awhile, so I suppose the hissers got back at them by biting their legs off (seemed to be the most frequent maiming) although I never saw the hissers attack the dubia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blattodea313 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Its interesting to see how two different species coming from very different regions interact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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