Discoid or Dubia

[dparks87]

Hey guys going to start up a roach colony but i have been reading and have come up with many people praising both these bugs as great feeders. I dont want a colony of each so I figured I would just ask you guys which you preferred?

 

[jannb]

I have dubia. They are easy to keep and multiple fast. There's also some for sale here in the classified section.

 

[jamncristian]

discoids:
generally bigger 2"
slower breeders
not easily sexable

dubia:
generally smaller 1.5"-2"
faster breeders
softed exo-skeleton
easily sexable (males have wings & females dont)

both:
are great feeders
cannot climb glass
cannot fly
do not bite
dont stink

it really is what you prefer

 

[bradley]

i have both by accident supposed to have dubia but got a few discoid tbh the adult discoids are too big wheras my adult chams take adult dubias great but i think discoids would be fine for mellers and parsonii but as said above they are nearly identical

 

[dparks87]

Thanks for the advice guys. I think i will go with the dubia's. I like the idea of a slower moving roach as im not so sure anyone would be to happy if one of these little guys got away from me.

 

[beeze]

I wouldn't feed my veiled adult dubia. She would eat them no problem but I've read on here where the can cut or scratch their insides. I feed off the medium and save the adults to make more babies.