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Blaberidae

Halloween hisser

Elliptorhina javanica

The page we cite does not state this figure. We opened it on 10 Aug 2026 and it gives no temperature for this species at all. The values above may still be right, but we cannot show you where they came from, and nobody here has checked them against a second source. Anything about a sick animal goes to a qualified exotic vet, not to a page. roachcrossing.com

Photograph: Hirvenkürpa · CC BY-SA

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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Drag the sun. Halloween hisser is nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

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Temperature24–30 °C
Humidity50–70 %
Diet2–4 days

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
24–30°Ambient

One ambient band, 24–30°C. This sheet states no warm side, no cool side and no night figure, so none are shown. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet states24-30C

Humidity

50–70%Target RH

The sheet states50-70%

Enclosure
10-20L ventilated tub; climbers - barrier + tight lid

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m4–5.5 cm
1520100400 cm
4–5.5 cmNose to tail, adult

The size the sheet states for a grown animal.

Why

Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.

Order / Family
Blattodea
IUCN / CITES
Not evaluated; CITES not yet in our data
Difficulty
Beginner
Commonality
Common pet hisser; smaller than G. portentosa
Adult size
Body 40-55mm; black with orange banding
Lifespan
2-4 yrs
Growth rate
Moderate
Activity & niche
Nocturnal detritivore; bark climber
Temperament
Docile, handleable
Venom / defense
Harmless - no bite/venom; hisses

Enclosure and conditions

Temperature
24-30C
Humidity
50-70%
Min. enclosure
10-20L ventilated tub; climbers - barrier + tight lid
Substrate
Peat/coco 3-5cm; cork bark/egg-crate hides
Hides / decor / water
Cork bark, egg flats; water crystals or fruit

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 2.3–3.5 dAs the sheet states
12Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statesVeg/fruit + grain/protein dry feed · 2-3x/week

Staple food
Veg/fruit + grain/protein dry feed
Feeding frequency
2-3x/week
Supplements
Protein for breeding

Behaviour and handling

HandlingDocile - good handling roach
CommunalColonial - keep in groups
Defense / stress signsHissing, freezing, retreating

Reproduction

Life course

Day 0Hatch
2–4 yrLifespan in care
2 yrMinimum commitment
Sexual maturityNot in our data

Read from the lifespan and maturity the sheet states, for animals in care and not in the wild.

Why

The minimum commitment is the low end of that lifespan, and the reproductive window is what is left after maturity: both are subtractions on stated figures, not figures of their own.

Reproduction
Ovoviviparous (live-bearing); moderate broods

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsMites, mould, dehydration
Red flags / quarantine
SignsClimbers - barrier + lid; quarantine for mites; never release

Good to know

  • Its black-and-orange banding earns the 'Halloween' name; a tamer, tidier hisser

What it needs

A thermometerbecause temp24-30C
A hygrometerbecause humidity50-70%
Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet describes the enclosure without a figure: « 10-20L ventilated tub; climbers - barrier + tight lid »

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.

Sources

Others in this group

What this sheet states

100%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

Every field this product runs on is stated here. That is not a claim that the values are right: it says what the sheet states, not whether it is true. Whether a human has read it is the badge at the top of this page.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.