Females are ovoviparous , that is, they give birth to live young. The female carries the egg and neonate nymphs for approximately 60 days until they emerge as first instar nymphs. One female can produce as many as nymphs. This insect has an incomplete life cycle: egg, nymphs and adult stage. The nymphs undergo 6 molts before reaching maturity in 7 months. The nymphs and adults are wingless and can live for 2 to 5 years. There are striking differences between the sexes.
Males possess large horns on the pronutum behind the head , while females have only small 'bumps'. The presence or absence of the pronotal horns allows easy identification of the sexes. The antennae of males are hairy while the antennae of females are relatively smooth. Finally, the behavior of males and females also differ: only males are aggressive.
The aggressive encounters between males are quite impressive. Larger males usually win. Hissing plays an important role during male-male inter- actions. Winners of encounters hiss more than losers. The hisses of males also contain information about the size of the male hissing and may be used to assess the opponent's size. Males can also discriminate among the hisses of familiar males and strangers. These hisses are audible and can be heard by observers.
Although this species is primarily nocturnal, you can see males fighting during the day. Please wait Search Advanced Search Search Tips. Related Products. Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches. See 1 more picture. Minimum Purchase:. Current Stock:. Please choose an option to add this product to your cart. A: Hissing cockroaches have very small, but distinct differences in gender. Males have large horns on the front part of their bodies, directly behind their head.
They also have hairy antennae. Females are smoother in appearance, possessing only small bumps. They have smooth antennae. Both genders hiss. Q: What are the different sizes of your Hissers? A: Hissing cockroaches are available for sale as juveniles and adults. Q: Do you allow ordering of a specific sex of cockroach? A: Currently we do not offer the option to choose the specific sex when ordering hissing cockroaches. Which shipping method should I choose? We offer a wide variety of options for shipping your live insects.
Using the chart above as reference, our customers can choose which shipping service will work best for them. It is important to take into account that transit times vary greatly between the different options. What works well for some customers will not always work well for others. If it is during the hot summer months or cold winter months we recommend not using USPS First Class Mail because it is the slowest option and increases the risk of receiving your insects DOA.
Make sure to check the weather, carefully taking into account transit time and places that your package will travel through. Also important to consider is the price between the shipping methods: USPS First Class Mail is the cheapest, Fedex Priority Overnight is the most expensive with many options in between.
We try to provide as much information as possible but it is ultimately up to the customer to make the best choice based on weather and the quality of delivery services available to your area. All the baby Hissers I purchased died within a week of purchasing.
Posted by Jarrod Friederich on Apr 14th I have been ordering Madagascar hissing cockroaches from Flukers for years. Insects have always arrived alive and in great shape.
I have never been disappointed. Flukers is the best if you want Madagascar hissing roaches. Posted by Jarrod Friederich on Mar 24th I have been ordering hissing cockroaches from Fluker for several years. The roaches always arrive healthy and intact.
They also arrive on time. Posted by James Finfrock on Mar 16th I ordered 15 adult hissing cockroaches on Monday, and received 19 healthy adults on Wednesday. Posted by Darryl Walkuw on Mar 7th Very creepy but ourBeardie loved them. They came live and well.
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