Trilobite Roach (Laxta sp.)
- Regular price
- $9.90
- Sale price
Enclosure and Housing
- Container: A small plastic tub, glass tank, or terrarium with a secure, well-ventilated lid.
- Substrate: A 2–3 cm layer of coco-peat, fine sand, or bark mulch. Keep a small section slightly moist for hydration, leaving the rest dry.
- Decor: Strips of loose eucalyptus bark, cork bark, or flat pieces of wood. They naturally hide under bark during the day.
- Temperature: Maintain room temperature between 18–26°C.
Diet and Water
- Wild & Captive Diet: Wood fibres, detritus, and decaying bark.
- Fresh Food: Offer small slices of fresh fruits and vegetables (such as apple, carrot, sweet potato, or pumpkin) once or twice a week to supply moisture and sugars.
- Housekeeping: Remove leftover fresh produce after 24–48 hours to prevent dangerous mould growth.
Handling and Behavior
- Temperament: They are flightless (though adult males have wings and can glide short distances), very slow-moving, and cannot bite.
- Safety: Gently pick them up from the sides of their flat body or let them climb onto your hand.
- Lifespan: Juveniles mature in about 4 months, and adults have a captive lifespan of roughly 12 to 18 months.
Supplies ship within 1 to 2 business days, depending on stock, and usually arrive 1 to 3 days after dispatch.
Live animals ship on Mondays and Tuesdays only, so they are never in transit over a weekend. Order by 11am Sunday to ship that week. Orders containing a live animal ship together on the next live dispatch day.
We hold live animal orders during very hot or very cold weather and ship them once conditions are safe. We’ll let you know if your order is held.
We ship Australia-wide. Live animals cannot be shipped to the Northern Territory or Tasmania.
Read our full [Shipping Policy].
Our Surry Hills store is small, so we keep in-store stock deliberately limited. Not everything online is on the shelf, so call us on (02) 7813 9640 before visiting for a specific item.
All reptiles and amphibians are sold online only, due to permit requirements.
Visit us at Shop 5, 450 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010. Open Wednesday to Sunday.
Every live animal is checked before it leaves us and packed by an experienced keeper.
If your animal arrives dead, contact us within one hour of delivery with a photo, and we will send a replacement. You don’t pay shipping on the replacement. Photo helps us identify what caused death so we can help prevent it from happening again with your order, and others.
Someone needs to be home to receive the parcel. We can’t cover animals left at a depot, sent to an incorrect address, or reported more than an hour after delivery.
Reptiles and frogs: most states require a licence before you buy. After ordering, email your licence details to info@biotastudio.com.au or add them to your order notes. If we don’t have them, we’ll contact you by SMS or email before your order ships.
Insects, spiders and supplies: most don’t need a licence, but rules vary by state and species.
See our [Reptile & Frog Licensing Guide] for every state.
New to keeping reptiles, frogs or insects? Our free [Care Guides] cover housing, temperature, humidity and feeding for every species we sell. Need somewhere for your animal to live? Shop [Ready-made Enclosures] or have one [custom built]. Questions? [Contact us] and an experienced keeper will help.