dragonfire1577 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 So I know there was another post asking if roaches had predatory behaviour and I did put this video on there too but I figured I'd post this awesome video of my Orange head roach showing predation on a cricket and see what you guys had to say about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Yep, they definitely do that. They have a voracious appetite and will eat other insects. If there are no other food sources available they will even eat freshly molted roaches of their own species. I remember feeding them my waxworms after my failed attempt at breeding those. As soon as I dropped one in they piled on top of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Yep, they definitely do that. They have a voracious appetite and will eat other insects. If there are no other food sources available they will even eat freshly molted roaches of their own species. I remember feeding them my waxworms after my failed attempt at breeding those. As soon as I dropped one in they piled on top of it. Wow. Will your Orange heads do that with all types of insects/creatures or are they just mainly attracted to a few times of insects like fleshy waxworms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I haven't tried any other species. Maybe I'll put in an N. cinerea just to see what happens. The few times I have caught them eating one of their own it was a freshly molted nymph. So they would probably go for a soft-bodied insect more than one with a thicker shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfire1577 Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Mine will eat young dubia roaches and hissers no problem btw but they seem to last a little longer than crickets and slowly disappear on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varnon Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Any other species that are so reliably predacious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonsaladsandwich Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 There's a video of an american cockroach pouncing on and eating a small cricket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonsaladsandwich Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Here it is. The description says they eat fruit flies too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovebugfarm Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 When I got my orange heads I read they like the extra protien. So my first thought was to take some of the cricket flour (ground up baked crickets) from the cricket farm I used to work at and offer it to them. Seems they eat a cup of it a week. Its not the cheapest stuff but since I had it figured I would put it to good use. My dermestids arnt eating it fast enough. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonsaladsandwich Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 You work at a cricket farm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovebugfarm Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I used to work there it was a dream job working with insects all day. Sadly I had some lame coworkers and had to leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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