Identify my roaches!! (URGANT)

[tryme]

Hi all I purchased some roaches off ebay advertised as dubia roaches but i'm not to sure they are as they don't look like the other ones i've seen on google etc...

 

[thekooliest]

From that picture they look like dubias...you probably saw adults...When they are nymphs the look like an oval with stripes left to right down their back. and then they turn in to adult which can have wings/no wings.

 

[Ultrakd]

Yep those are Dubia

 

[tryme]

do all adults have wings? Reason I want to know is because I Want to know when they will be breeding/having babies

 

[thekooliest]

no
males do
females dont

 

[tryme]

oh ok I haven't seen any females yet. Do you know the life cycle? From birth how long it takes to reach adult/sexual maturity etc.

 

[thekooliest]

ummmm.....i know they can live up to 2-3 years....
but my guess for age as a nymph (up until they are a baby) is a couple months....maybe up to 6....just a guess though.
I know they keep shedding and when they get to an inch long or so they shed one more time and turn into a male/female.
I think.

 

[tryme]

oh ok thanks

 

[dariend]

Actually they from my experience only live around a year usually only slightly more. The females live about 1 1/2 years or less and the males live 1 year or less. And it does take 4-7 months for them to reach adult.

 

[malt_geckos]

looks like dubia but there look to me some other type mixed in unless those are the dubia males but my males are much darker than that

and you do have females in there. The males are the long winged ones. They can't fly either....rather, they don't fly....not sure if they can or not. Also, they are mature when the males have wings and the females are large (2+ inches) and dark glossy brown. The nymphs and juvies (from what I've seen) are a light caramel color.

 

[tryme]

I seriously can't see wings on them :S

 

[malt_geckos]

hmmm. the long ones that are thin and long look like the shape males take. The male juvies don't develope wings until they are almost mature so they all look like females in the begginning.

 

[tryme]

oh ok thanks