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Hissing Cockroach

Description:

Like to crawl around

Habitat:

Madagascar

1 Species ID Suggestions

keithp2012
keithp2012 10 years ago
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
Gromphadorhina portentosa


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1 Comment

keithp2012
keithp2012 10 years ago

I have these as pets, but they thrive in conditions similar to the wild. Bark substrate mixed with peat moss, log hideouts (cork bark) you can find in reptile section at pet store. They eat apples, bananas, oranges, romaine lettuce, cat or dog kibble, white bread, tropical fruit like papaya mango pineapple, and decaying leaves and bark from outside, mine enjoy Oak and Birch. They can be fed fresh rose leaves once in a while so long as no pesticides were used. I mist mine with a water from spray bottle for humidity and they drink water droplets.

GuerreroDJ
Spotted by
GuerreroDJ

Lansing, Michigan, USA

Spotted on Jun 10, 2013
Submitted on Jun 10, 2013

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