broms2 Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 I have a group of these cochroaches and want to know if they are suitable for breeding up and feeding out? scientific name "Platyzosteria novaeseelandiae" As per usual all I can find is how to erradiacate them on the web Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 i have tried them, but i don't think they taste nice were spat out by the BDs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 I think the native cockroaches have a weird diet---feed on fungi in leaf litter or something. That is why they don't invade the house. Their are a number of natives I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broms2 Posted May 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 I think they have glands that make them stink, my beardie has allways taken them when offered but am really thinking of my frogs and gecko instead of locusts and crickets - am sick of the egg process. the black ones don't seem to climb and I have been feeding them on leftovers ( same as I put in the compost ) - would have thought they would have been pretty good eating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 i have tried them, but i don't think they taste nice were spat out by the BDs You eat the weirdest things, LA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 He's a worry eh. I like insects but so much that I want to try eating them :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Yeah - I have lost count of the weird things he as confessed to eating in the past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 He's a worry eh. I like insects but so much that I want to try eating them :lol: Is there a missing "NOT" in this sentence? :lol: You're as bad as him at eating the insects! :lol: :lol: P.s My male frog started whistling after a big nite of eating your crickets... must have really given him a boost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 :oops: woops. i really should proof read a bit more. thats great, your the second person who's recently told me their frogs started chirping after eating the crickets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 the frog wasn't chirping just had a cricket stuck in it's throat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Perhaps it isn't the frogs chirping but the sound of the crickets echoing off the stomach lining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 :lol: :lol: yes there was a loud noise of some description on the TV and the frog was joining in as he sometimes does... but probably with a cricket or two in his mouth! :lol: Hadnt heard him at all this last 6 mths or so, but advent of crickets definately helped. As for cockroaches..... dont see them where I live. Dog must have scared them off 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 native black cockroaches like a bit of bark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 the frog wasn't chirping just had a cricket stuck in it's throat sssh thats the secret :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insectkeeper Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 yeah! aswell as liking wood. they like high temps, you should supply them with constant water supply(can be water crystals), also they love cat food. and can be kept in egg cartons. i have over 200 nymphs 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetysmum Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 What kind of cat food do the cockroaches eat, cat biscuits or soft food? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insectkeeper Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 allways the pellets. you should grind it up if u want they prefer it. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McPede Posted September 2, 2013 Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 Old thread but I thought I would give it a try. Is there anyone keeping these for the moment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky2 Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 just pop in to king fisheries in Tauranga. assuming they,r still in business. me first job30 or so years ago. there were thousands of them American or Sydney oooor whatever species cockies living in the fishrooms. them big mongrels! a couple of inches or so.i remember switching on the lights at night and the floor was covered with them n then within a few seconds there would only b a few hundred left, n that was because they were dragging off fish that had jumped out of the tanks! :sick: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 :rotf: i remember the easiest way to get small fish of the wet floor was to suck them up and spit them back in the tank, stopped doing it when i saw the roaches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky2 Posted September 14, 2013 Report Share Posted September 14, 2013 yup she was a pretty manky fishroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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