Dubia roaches are considered one of the most nutritionally balanced staple feeders for leopard geckos
They have a favourable protein-to-fat ratio, softer exoskeletons than many beetles, and are easy to gut-load, which is why many keepers use them as a primary staple alongside crickets.
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Most active at dawn and dusk when temperatures in their native Pakistan and Afghanistan are ideal.
A widespread misconception is that the tail acts like a camel's hump storing water.
Autotomy — voluntary tail shedding — is a defence mechanism.
Unlike most gecko species which use van der Waals forces to climb smooth surfaces, leopard geckos have conventional claws.
The moveable eyelid is unusual among geckos.
Hold your gecko up to a light source and look through one ear opening — you can see light through the other side.