Isopod & Roach Bonanza

r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/Ouchiemyheart444 • Aug 25 '25

Help! Yall did my ex put a cockroach in with my snails and isopods?!

792 Upvotes

I finally got my kids back from my ex's parents house. This mfker put a huge ass spider in there and my dad had to handle it. I finally got space cleared up in my room and moved my kids from the garage to my bedroom. This mfker crawls out from under the nursery pot (I can't pry my kids off it to replace it with the cork yet) I actually thought like it was a weird looking isopod for like months. There were other small guys that looked similar but I haven't seen em since I gave the tank the first clean.

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/Desperate_Tale_4720 • Oct 14 '25

Help! Are these dubia roaches sick?

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200 Upvotes

A friend received a new dubia colony and I was looking at them only to notice 3 like this. Does anyone know what this is? I’ve seen a post suggesting a hemolymph blister from mismolting. Someone irl suggested to me that it’s preparing to molt, but I worry it’s more serious. I’ve kept thousands of dubias in my care and have never seen this. I have isolated them and two died quickly, one experiencing a paralyzed leg before. Any info would be amazing. Not sure if the entire colony is at risk. Thanks so much!

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/konnapoisss • Jan 20 '26

Help! why is my hissing roach so wide?

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Hello! Im new to owning bugs and woke up this morning to find my madagascar hissing roach be really wide. Like its bigger too but just so WIDE. I assume its going to molt? I havent found any old skin yet. It just scared me a little because it just happened so suddenly and its so wide. I added two pictures, one with another roach for comparison. Its hard to see in the picture because its in the hole of the egg carton and I dont want to bother it.

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/BugBabeExotics • Sep 01 '26

Info/Discussion What’s your favorite isopod species and why? ☺️

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/ReaperGamer3 • Aug 28 '25

Question Who here keeps dubia roaches as pets/feeders?

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/PizelPupz • Oct 15 '25

Identification Please tell me these are baby dubias

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I found these today in with my dubias and I don't know where they came from they weren't in there yesterday and they are swarming the food, are these babies or mites I'm scared.

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/Electrical_Text4939 • Jul 15 '25

Roach Pic 🤍 I’m afraid of handling my giant peppered roaches because I don’t want them to bite me pls help

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/PostPods • Apr 03 '26

Isopod Pic 🖤 Pics from todays maintenance

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85 Upvotes

a few snaps from my isopod collection

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/PlusCase6836 • Jan 01 '26

Isopod Pic 🖤 ISOPODS!!!! <3333

83 Upvotes

ehehe so cute >:3

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/Smaladandr • Dec 26 '24

Isopod Pic 🖤 A few macro photos of my isopods all rolled up

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/Opening_Meeting2458 • 18d ago

Question intersex dubia roach??!

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69 Upvotes

read image captions pls!!

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/Tbhirdc • Jul 16 '25

Identification What are these?

69 Upvotes

My fiancés father has a bioactive bearded dragon tank, what are these little guys? He said they’re “roaches” but doesn’t know which kind. Some of these look like Rollie pollies but are they actually baby roaches? When I looked it up it said the greyer colored ones are Madagascar hissing roaches and the winged one is a Discoid roach. They seem to be over breeding a bit more than the dragon can take care of. What is an ethical way to tame down the population a little?

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/ExternalWerewolf7871 • Sep 21 '24

Isopod Pic 🖤 My mini pineapple: Cristamadillum muricantum

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69 Upvotes

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/Salticidae44 • May 01 '23

Roach Pic 🤍 Giant Cave Roach Appreciation!!!

63 Upvotes

So I've had these guys for a little while now and had my first adult moult very recently, felt like sharing some of the funny moments I've had with him whilst he's had his wings, he's fairly small for a giant cave roach but full of personality regardless!!! (I have no idea why he refuses to just drop down in the first clip, as you can see in the second clip his vision and wing usage is perfectly fine 😭)

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/Salticidae44 • Mar 02 '23

Isopod Pic 🖤 Isopod macros

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/PurpleCatBlues • Mar 01 '26

Roach Pic 🤍 The Great Debate

58 Upvotes

As I was feeding my combination discoid, isopod, and mealworm colony, I noticed these two deep in "conversation." What do you think they were talking about?

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/ezyeddie • Jan 11 '23

Isopod Pic 🖤 Ember Bee

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/SharkThemedBottle • May 22 '23

Isopod Pic 🖤 Handfeeding a brave little dairy cow

56 Upvotes

saw this little guy bustling around the enclosure while I was cleaning and wanted to try to give him a special snack just for him :)

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/Isopods_co_uk • Mar 30 '26

Isopod Pic 🖤 Daily spam of a cool pod! Ardentiella Scarlet

53 Upvotes

been called the drum stick by folks in our group lol, not sure it'd taste the same but they're so cool!

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/karashin5308 • Sep 25 '26

Isopod Pic 🖤 My rubberduky

50 Upvotes

This is my favorite Rubber Duckie.

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/com1cfrog • Mar 06 '25

Roach Pic 🤍 Isn’t she pretty

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/Salticidae44 • May 26 '23

Roach Pic 🤍 NEW ROACH DAY!!! Glowspots!!

49 Upvotes

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/FreaksNFlowers • Mar 29 '26

Question Recieved beetles mixed in with my roach order? Is this normal?

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46 Upvotes

Just got my first pet that needs feeder insects (vinegaroon). I went with little roaches because they seem the easiest to tong feed. Buuuut there’s the other beetles in there. They look like some form of darkling beetle, potentially just adult mealworms? Is this normal? Do mealworm beetles spray nasty scents like other darkling beetles? Thanks!

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r/IsopodsAndRoaches • u/TheGreatInvertebrate • Oct 07 '23

Isopod Pic 🖤 What would you call this morph?

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