Majestic Madagascan Hissing Cockroach: 5 Things You NEED to Know! | Intriguing Invertebrates

How do they make a hissing noise? What do they eat? What movie did they make a cameo in? Are cockroaches dangerous? The answers to these questions and more are explored!
Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches (Gromphadorhina portentosa) are endemic to the island of Madagascar. Not only do they help keep the forest clean by recycling (they are detritivores) they have a most excellent way of communicating: hissing!
They don't make the noise how you might expect, most insects make noise by rubbing body limbs (like legs) together, but these cockroaches do something really interesting: via spiracles!
Learn what ovoviviparous means (and how to say it) and see a baby (nymph) Madagascan Hissing Cockroach. They're cuter than you might think!
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[@ShelbyOnSafari]

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[@Adulting_Autistic]

I just found Roachelle my hisser, protecting a batch of babies. So glad I found your channel.

[@ShelbyOnSafari]

How exciting!!! It’s incredible to watch them grow up, and see the process of moulting for oneself! Thanks for watching and send my congratulations to Roachelle! 😊💚

[@3flyte_3flyte]

I have tortoises and they leave leftover tortoise chow, so i tried to feed it to my hissing cockroaches. They love it. And my isopods like it, too.

[@maxwellgrimsley]

Such a great video!! Instant sub. Your personality is so magnetic!

[@ShelbyOnSafari]

Many thanks Maxwell ☺️ thanks so much for watching! Hope you’re well!

[@tyliful]

nice vid and great info.

[@ShelbyOnSafari]

Thank you 🥰

[@PeppersnGlowworms]

They also appeared in the X-Files, if I remember correctly. They "played" one of the livestages of Faciphaga emasculata, an insect that is associated with a deadly desease.

[@ShelbyOnSafari]

Did they!?! That is so cool. I really want to rewatch that series, now more than ever! Thanks 💚

[@PeppersnGlowworms]

@@ShelbyOnSafari "War of the Coprophages" was the really cockroach centered episode, but there were no hissers (as far as I remember). The episode staring our hissing roach was "F. Emasculata [sic]", season 2, episode 22.

[@ShelbyOnSafari]

Fantastic! Thank you 😊 although, somehow my husband hasn’t seen any of the series so I think I may start for the beginning! But at least now I can tell him there are cockroaches in it 😊

[@charlottesmom]

The husband and I love X-Files!

[@ThinqAJ]

Ahh thank you so much for this video, it was so informative!!! I'm hoping to own a hissing cockroaches in the next few months so I'm gathering all the facts and info on them! I am wondering though, do you know if you can you house two males or two females together? & do the females reproduce without a male? I can't seem to find answers anywhere hahaa!

[@ShelbyOnSafari]

How exciting! I am glad you found it so 🥰 you can group house them, but typically if you have a group try to have more females than males as they can be a bit possessive. And females do in fact need males to reproduce! But the craziest aspect is that they give live birth to their young, aka ovoviviparous 🥰 let me know how you get on! 💙

[@ThinqAJ]

@@ShelbyOnSafari thank you so much! I wasn’t going to breed them, I just want to keep two, or a few haha, but without breeding 🥺❤️

[@ShelbyOnSafari]

Maybe two females then? 🥰

[@ThinqAJ]

Shelby On Safari I will probably do that haha! Thank you so much for your replies ❤️

[@ShelbyOnSafari]

No worries! Glad I could help 💚

[@RealBradMiller]

I didn't see 'can'in the thumbnail, so all I read was 'Cockroaches Be Good?!?'

[@ShelbyOnSafari]

Some of them, like the Madagascan hissing cockroaches, can be quite cheeky so I am sure at some point I have said “Cockroaches... be good!” 😅🤣 thanks for watching 💚

[@RealBradMiller]

@@ShelbyOnSafari Thanks for the great video! :)

[@SheloNabelTipGrizFierro]

I had one in 2009 and passed of old age now 2024 my son anf husband found them at a pet shop and I have a baby girl😢❤❤

[@emmsrew]

I just got my first hissing cockroach and haven’t mustered up the courage to pick it up yet! What’s your recommendation for picking them up from their tanks? I’m scared it will climb up my arm and I’ll drop it or hurt it.

[@ShelbyOnSafari]

Hi Emily! Great question. Firstly, congratulations on getting an awesome pet! I’d recommend using a stick or a log. Find a tray or a dish to handle your cockroach in so if they fall off, they won’t escape. Hope this helps!

[@willowgray3239]

Hey, I have some questions, and I would like to say sorry in advance for typos, comment on KZbin, with the phone accessibility is not the best. There are just a few things I don’t know, well there’s a lot I don’t know, but my phone is going to be difficult, and I can’t write everything out like I would want to. The main things are, besides things, like onions, garlic, and chives. Are there any other dangerous items? Secondly, is there a difference between males and females in terms of behavior toward humans? Next, I’m aware of some species of any kind of animal stressing and possibly dying without socialization with their own kind, do they happen to be among those? If so, what is the minimum, that can be kept, I know, same-sex groupings can be kept if you are trying to avoid breeding. Also, what is the best thing to put at the bottom of the container? I’ve heard several different opinions on that. Also, if there’s anything else important that I didn’t ask that you feel, I should know, feel free to add it. And thank you, this video was helpful.

[@wafflecorn2908]

Why does mine reach out to me after it smells me with its antenna? I have already given it food.

[@wafflecorn2908]

There is no female, he lives alone.

[@ShelbyOnSafari]

He's probably sensed you, realised you're not a threat and looking to climb onto your hand. That's really cool you keep Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches too!

[@chosenone33366]

I breed them ! Please turn off the light ! lol. 😅

[@cosmosreaper3922]

Hey

[@ShelbyOnSafari]

Hello! 😊