Will the Dubia I got from rainbow mealworms mate and reproduce??

[Lindasjackson]

I bought 50 Dubia medium size last month from rainbow mealworms and I still have a lot of them! Will they mate and reproduce in the plastic bin I have them in? They were supposed to be medium sized but they were quite large when I got them and now they’re even bigger! How do you tell the males from the females? Is there a way to prevent them from reproducing?

 

[ERKleRose]

Yes, and males have wings when fully grown. To stop breeding, separate the adult males from the adult females

 

[Lindasjackson]

Can the males fly??!! I will definitely be separating them and feeding off the adults!

 

[ERKleRose]

Nope, thankfully!

 

[Lindasjackson]

Phew!

 

[jamest0o0]

Dubia large I'll send you some adult hissers or peppereds

 

[Lindasjackson]

NO PLEASE DONT!!!

 

[jamest0o0]

You dont want roaches larger than mice? Odd.

 

[Lindasjackson]

No thank you!

 

[Mountain Dragon]

You dont want roaches larger than mice? Odd.

I could never

 

[jamest0o0]

I could never

I think they're pretty cool

 

[Mountain Dragon]

I think they're pretty cool

I can’t do spiders ir roaches but anything else I’m pretty fine

 

[Mountain Dragon]

I can’t do spiders ir roaches but anything else I’m pretty fine

Just look at it

 

[jamest0o0]

I can’t do spiders ir roaches but anything else I’m pretty fine

Worms are what freak me out. I won't touch superworms even

 

[jamest0o0]

Just look at it

To be fair, some roaches look very different and have pretty cool colors and patterns. Not to mentio their activity and personality.

Look up emerald roaches.

 

[Mountain Dragon]

Worms are what freak me out. I won't touch superworms even

Huh I don’t mind them but I guess we are all unique in are own ways

 

[Mountain Dragon]

To be fair, some roaches look very different and have pretty cool colors and patterns. Not to mentio their activity and personality.

Look up emerald roaches.

Okay okay emerald roaches are kinda cool but yea

 

[Lindasjackson]

I don’t mind Dubia roaches. I don’t think they’re as fast as some others but I just don’t want huge amounts of them.

 

[Beman]

I don’t mind Dubia roaches. I don’t think they’re as fast as some others but I just don’t want huge amounts of them.

Yeah um have you had them full grown yet? They actually move quite quickly when they are adult size... And they are by no means small

 

[Lindasjackson]

I haven’t found any with wings yet but they sure are big!