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That is it, i have had it! Dubia Roaches are becoming more popular but people who keep them are becoming criticized for it by family and friends, i no this because it has happened to me and i have only had mine for a week. This is why I propose to change the name to something more appealing. People automatically assume the worst and think of horrible disease ridden disgusting house infesting bugs that will eat you out of house and home. The name i propose is "Armour Crickets" because of there shell like appearance during there nymph stage. So hear me all Blaptica dubia, or the Guyana Orange Spotted Roach (common name). Should and will be known by me and all that no of my feeder colony as, ARMOUR CRICKETS.


thank you for your time.
 
Congrats!


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Glad to help & thanks for noticing I'm female! :thumbsup:



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Well, thank you!
And call me crazy, but I would've thought the name Annabella was a dead give-away!

Wallace, sorry we de-railed your thread, but we're still with ya!
 
Question

Here in the US, is it okay if we call them 'armor crickets' instead of 'armour crickets'? I guess it's laziness, but we leave the 'u' out of many words (colour, flavour, etc.)

I also propose:
Armo(u)r Cricket Lovers Union (ACLU) :)
 
Rob, it's HIS deal, let him call the shots on this one...can't you see how much it means to him? I say we make the exception & keep the U's in!
 
I just find it comedy that they're called "Dubias"

(I'm republican, just the 1850's republican)
 
Sure leave the U out of armour, or armor, what ever, im just glad alot of people like my idea , Thanks the the support lol
 
Good morning, Wallace. Did you change your location?
I think if you are passionate about renaming your little critters, it sounds great to me! After all, if people only see what we see in the critters we like, maybe the word 'snake' wouldn't strike fear in the hearts of men all over the world!
 
Attention!

No!

More common names, in the extremely unlikely event that this actually caught on, only contribute confusion. Just use the words that describe what they actually ARE. They didn't arrive by the current common name as a random coincidence and they aren't crickets.
 
You purists, always trying to keep things right & proper, preventing chaos from overtaking all.
If snake keepers have to be confused by the misuse of terms then so should bug people. It's only fair.
 
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