Blatta lateralis Care & Setup Tutorial

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This video tutorial illustrates the way I keep, raise and breed my B. lateralis roaches. This species make a great feeder for Tarantula slings to average adults and baby to medium sized Scorpions. There about the size of an adult cricket, much more active and smell less, can't climb smooth surfaces, don't jump or make noise. No crickets here.

B. lateralis are a tropical species roach meaning they don't survive well in cooler climates below 60°F. In turn won't infest your home if you live in the USA, excluding Florida. B. lateralis are prolific breeders. The ootheca (egg case) the females (wingless/black) drop all through the bin hatch anyway from 3-20 weeks depending on temps and humidity levels. I have personally found that the ⅛" nymphs are a good alternative to pinhead crickets. My slings and baby scorpions eat them up. There is little to no oder depending on size of colony.

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[emr7611]

I want to start selling my Dubia how do I go about counting them to sell them do they have a measuring tube like they use to collect the crickets

[moose9900]

@emr7611 No special gadgets that I know of. I count by hand.

[DozyNoiseOfEcocamp]

I think Blatta Lateralis are the best choice of food breeding for beginners. Once when I was replacing my colony from a small to a larger container, I forgot one egg case in the small container which was in the trash. Later, about 1-2 week, I don't know why but I took it out of thrash bin ( which was in my room and was used mostly for papers), I noticed that the egg hatched and there was about 20 little babies that survived. I think that proves that breeding them is pretty simple. Cheers

[moose9900]

@DozyNoiseOfEcocamp Yes, I agree. It seems the harder people try to hatch the eggs the harder it is for them to breed this species. I have never had a problem. Set them aside and let nature take it's course. Hope you managed to catch those 20 little babies!

[2010barnie]

Good day sir. Im John from the Philippines. i had started my blatta lateraris colony since may this year by about 200 pcs. I started to collect their eggs every now & then. but untill now i was not able to succeed in hatching the eggs.. What is the right way of hatching lateraris eggs? pls. i really need some help with this. thank you very much..

[moose9900]

@2010barnie No special trick, I just keep my temps between 80-90 degrees and humidity over 30% and they hatch out in 3 to 4 weeks. Good luck!

-Greg

[GHustlas]

We have theese in Palm springs California. But they arent in groups of like 200. More like little packs of 12-45 and by dusk they come out and there all lined up moving around the ground.

[2010barnie]

@moose9900 thanks sir greg for the advice.. Im already starting to harvest nymphs in my enclosure... indeed it was very effective sir... Many Thanks!!!

[tyhellboy3114]

@Asasaghghh theres a dood in arizona his name and website is aaron pauling and he sells them cheap and he is very reliable

[necessaryevil101]

hey greg its john!!