Oriental Cockroaches (Blatta orientalis) oothecas

[Uther]

So I've been trying to breed these cockroaches and I've had a lot of oothecas laid, now I've tried to breed these last year with no success of having the oothecas hatch, I'm guessing they dried out so I placed the oothecas into a little container with damp tissue paper to not dry out, is this a good idea? Or does anyone have a better solution or advice. Thanks a lot!! If anyone has any tips or experience breeding these PLEASE let me know how you did it, thanks!

 

[MissSkittles]

@jamest0o0 Our bug lord recently returned and he is the one who can tell you how to best hatch these.

 

[Uther]

@jamest0o0 Our bug lord recently returned and he is the one who can tell you how to best hatch these.

Should i message him?

 

[MissSkittles]

Should i message him?

You could try. No telling when he’ll be back on. In the meantime, the info I found about them is they do like dark, warm and humid places, so I imagine that would be the best environment to hatch the ooths. Maybe put a bit of lightly moistened moss around the ooths to maintain humidity. Other info I found is it takes 42-81 days incubation period.

 

[jamest0o0]

I’ve never had oriental cockroaches since they can be pests. I would think like missskittles said: dark, warm, humid should do the trick. I see no reason why paper towels wouldn’t work.