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Dubia Growers

Six sizes, from hatchling to adult.

The right size is the one your reptile can swallow. Six sizes means you can match the animal you have today, then move up as it grows.

Find your Dubia roach size.

Answer two quick questions and we point at a size. Not sure on either one? Tell us in the request and we pick with you.

1 · What do you keep?

2 · How far along is it?

Not sure? That is the right answer to give us. Tell us your reptile in the request and we will pick with you.

  1. Extra small

    Hatchlings and tiny geckos, just out of the egg.

  2. Small

    Young reptiles that have started growing fast.

  3. Medium

    Juveniles. The size most people order first.

  4. Large

    Grown bearded dragons and adult geckos.

  5. Extra large

    Big adults that need a full meal in one bite.

    We keep extra large in short supply, so we send it alongside other sizes.

  6. Adult

    Large reptiles, and keepers who breed their own.

    Adults are our breeding stock, so we sell them in small numbers only.

Extra smallSmallMediumLargeExtra largeAdult

Whole totes go through the sorters every 30 to 45 days. A bug drops through the first hole it fits, and that is what puts it in a size.

What they look like next to a quarter.

Each size below sits beside the same quarter, a coin about an inch across, so you can see what the names actually mean.

  • Three small dubia roaches beside a US quarter on a white background, each noticeably narrower than the coin
    Smallnext to a quarter
  • Three medium dubia roaches beside a US quarter on a white background, each roughly half the width of the coin
    Mediumnext to a quarter
  • Three large dubia roaches beside a US quarter on a white background, each roughly as long as the coin is wide
    Largenext to a quarter

These are illustrations, not photographs of our bugs. We are shooting our own dubia at every size next to a real quarter, and these get replaced as they are done.

How to pick

Never feed a bug wider than the space between your reptile's eyes.

Look at your reptile head on. Measure the gap between its eyes. A Dubia roach that is wider than that gap is too big, and a bug that is too big is hard to swallow. Measure first, then pick your size.

  1. 1Look at your reptile from the front.
  2. 2Find the space between its eyes.
  3. 3Pick a Dubia roach no wider than that space.
  4. 4When your reptile grows, move up a size.
Illustration, not a real animal: a bearded dragon seen head on, with the space between its eyes marked to show where to measure
Measure this gap on yours
Illustration, not a photograph. This reptile is computer generated, and it is here to show you where to measure on your own animal.

Pack sizes.

Tell us the count you want. If you are not sure how much your reptile gets through, say so and we will work it out with you.

  • 25
  • 50
  • 100
  • 500
  • 1,000
  • 10,000

  • The smallest pack

    We start at 25. That is the smallest pack we send.

  • The biggest pack

    Packs of 10,000 come in extra small and small.

  • Adults

    We sell adults in small numbers. They are the stock the whole farm runs on.

Found your size?

Send the size and the count, and tell us what you keep. We confirm your order and ship date before anything ships.

Request Dubia roachesCall (434) 316-4000

We check that we can ship live insects to your state before we accept your order.