Six days has gone by and after the long weekend I had the urge to check on them again. Still no differences but I've noticed that Mulan tends to cling towards the walls while Ariel sticks hidden under the bedding. Ariel - Day 6Mulan - Day 6
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After three days of feeding them their respective foods not much has changed. Although I can say that both of them hide themselves very well in their wood chip bedding. Time to let them be on their own for a few days, I'll check back in after the weekend. Only thing left to do is to keep observing. Ariel - Day 3Mulan - Day 3So today, with the help of my two classmates, I obtained two Dubia Roaches from Mrs. Ali at the elementary school nearby who so kindly donated two of them to me. From her I obtained one male and a female named Ariel and Mulan respectively, after the Disney Princesses. For my experiment I will be feeding Ariel Dog Food, while Mulan will receive primarily fruits and vegetables in her diet. Future predictions being that Ariel gets MORE nutrition due to the nutrient packed dog food per kibble bit. For the first day, here are some pictures of the roaches. Ariel (male) - Day 1Mulan (female) - Day 1For my first post, I'd like to explain a little more about what the rest of the posts here will be about, which is my Biology Honors project about Dubia Roaches! The initial idea behind it all is pretty straight forward - get two of the same roach, feed them two different foods and see if any differences occur. Then, after surveying them for 4-6 weeks I will then make my final conclusions about the roaches.
But before all that happens, I needed to start with the very basics in which I designed my own lid for the roaches, as the current lid for the container has gaps for the roaches to escape. I made these designs on Adobe Illustrator to be printed out in the laser cutter to cut out sheets of plywood. My designs included a seal tight lid that would keep the roaches in, but also allow air holes for them to breathe. The designs for the Lid can be found here. In a few days I plan to obtain the roaches from a little help of my friends. |