hissing roaches

drewtt

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Hi all,

A little confused here. When people refer to their "hissers," are they referring to their dubia roaches (blaptica dubia), or their 'giant madagascar roaches' (gromphadorhina portentosa)? Or both?

It seems that the former is far more common, but I've also seen the latter endorsed by herp keepers online.

Cheers,
Drew
 
Hi all,

A little confused here. When people refer to their "hissers," are they referring to their dubia roaches (blaptica dubia), or their 'giant madagascar roaches' (gromphadorhina portentosa)? Or both?

It seems that the former is far more common, but I've also seen the latter endorsed by herp keepers online.

Cheers,
Drew

hisser's would be "the giant Madagascar Hissing roaches"

Dubia , because of their size and softer shell as well as their lack of ability to climb plastic/glass are more desirable in the Chameleon community.

I keep a hisser as a pet right now. ;)
 
When I say Hissers, I mean The big madagascar hissing roaches. I think they ( the smaller younger ones, not adults) make excellent feeders.
 
Thanks, guys. It seems for the most part "hissers" refers to G. portentosa, which is what I thought.

My confusion struck when I read that someone opened their roach colony container and a hisser flew out. I have never seen any of my G. portentosa 'fly,' nor did I think they were able to take flight, even over short distances.

Cheers,
Drew
 
I keep a hisser as a pet right now. ;)

I never intended to keep a hisser as a pet, but Thaxter was wholly uninterested in his intended Christmas present, so I've got one now! (He did make one half-hearted effort, but it hissed when he caught it, and he dropped it right away and showed no further interest.)
 
Sounds like a good discussion for the Roach Forum. ;)
It's an answer more than a discussion. The various species known as hissers are closely related. All hiss and none of the hissers have wiings (so if somebody said their's flew it obviously wasn't one). Here's a few different species/genera:
 

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It's an answer more than a discussion. The various species known as hissers are closely related. All hiss and none of the hissers have wiings (so if somebody said their's flew it obviously wasn't one). Here's a few different species/genera:

I beleive the question was to what was reffered to as a hisser on this forum. I understand their are a lot of species.

That first one is awesome looking. Do you keep a lot of different roaches?

I used to be afraid of roaches , but over time I have actually become quite interested in them. The are really interesting insects. I am going to go check out that forum.

during cleanup at the last show I found a Hisser (not sure what kind) under our table. It has now become a pet.
 
I beleive the question was to what was reffered to as a hisser on this forum.
It's the same answer on a reptile, arachnid or roach forum. Members of the tribe Gromphadorhini are called hissers. There are six genera and 20+ species in the tribe Gromphadorhini. Only about six of them are regularly kept in the US hobby.
 
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