dubai question

[osbain]

so i have a colony of dubais that i used for feeding my geckos which i sold a while ago. the colony has been just breeding away until i find a buyer for them. today i noticed that one of the males wings were beaten up. it looks as if something was chewing on them, but im scared it may be a fungus, i didnt see any mold in there so do they commonly fight?

 

[CapCitySteve]

Yes the males do fight over territories in the enclosure. It's kind of cool to whatch at night under the infrared light. Ussually as males get older and weaker the younger ones will nip the ends of their wings. You probably just have too many males in the tub. I ussually just use those as feeders and the same with all excess males.

 

[osbain]

thanks, i was sure i read somewhere that they fight. I just took out a load of males to give to my friend as feeders ( hoping he will by the full colony soon)

 

[Gregg M]

I do not think it is because of too many males... Roaches will eat eachothers wing when they are not getting enough protein in their diet...

 

[Blacksupra94]

How long do the wings take to show on dubai roaches? I have a colony of juveniles and none of them have wings

 

[Imperial Geckos]

from birth it take 4 month for dubia roaches to reach sexually maturity and molt into adults.