As you can see from the photo above, we now have a cockroach nursery in the iLab! This week, an egg sac from one of our female hissing cockroaches hatched. You can see that the baby cockroaches are white when they first hatch, but change color quickly once their exoskeletons harden. As of today, the babies have turned brown and are well-hidden in the mulch at the bottom of the cage.
It’s cool that you can see the egg sac hatching and all of the little babies.
When will the babies turn into adult cockroaches?
Why do hissing cockroaches have an egg sac that stays inside the female?
How many eggs does a female cockroach lay?
Thank you for sharing a few of your hissing cockroaches to Reisterstown Elementary School. They are happy and healthy. They are in both a 3rd grade and a 5th grade classroom.
Thank you for visiting our blog, Mrs. Minch! I am so glad that our hissing cockroaches are enjoying their new home. 🙂