B. Dubia Male

Blaptica Dubia as the common name suggest (Guyana) is from the South America regions, among all roaches could be considered the best choice to be used as feeders. Non-climber, extreme easy to determine sex, males have wings while females have not, high meat-to-shell ratio, plays dead when handle, very little odor if not at all. The downside is that they are not a fast breeder as other species. From 1/8 to 2″ 1/5 inches in size it can meet any lizard, frog and tarantulas taste.

B. Dubia Male

Young nymphs like to burrow under the bedding material, mostly to escape hungry adults looking for an extra source of proteins. In fact this roach requires an high proteins diet, a lack of such nutrient is noticeable when male wings are chewed by other members of the colony, dry cat food or fish flakes provide the right amount of proteins in their diet to keep them away from cannibalism acts.

I personally find B. Dubias extremely pleasurable to keep, sometimes feeling guilty to feed them away to my frogs, despite this, I found myself allergic to some extent to their frass. Some breeders as a matter of fact can confirmed that the dropping from this species can cause small allergies. Something to keep in mind though.