Generally speaking, running a colony of roaches isn’t too difficult, some species might require more attention than other, Macropanesthia rhinoceros as an example, some others really keep up with their fame of being pest bugs requiring very little care and breeding. Just to name one of the most common species among keepers is Nauphoeta cinerea, a real roches making machine.
True is that talking about roaches leads our mind to the the idea of pests, our home infested by them, but out of almost 4000 known species barely 20 are the real plague and of those only few of them are wiely spread and concern, Blattella germanica, Periplaneta americana, Supella longipalpa (S. supellectilium) and Blatta orientalis. Is a fact that these species are carriers of pathogens such as salmonella and staphylococcus, a real health hazard, if we see them in our house, we’d better call an exterminator to get rid of them, let’s just focus of tropical ones that have been captive breed for decades, therefore, safe for our health. (more…)