Hisser Lab
Buy on AmazonBuy a Madagascar hissing cockroach
We breed every animal in our own colony and sell it ourselves through our Amazon and eBay storefronts, so look for the seller name Hisser Lab. Every order is packed humanely and backed by our live-arrival guarantee.
Same animals, same guarantee, on whichever checkout you prefer. Pick a set below and order it on Amazon (fast, familiar) or eBay (handy for larger quantities). Prices start where shown; the live listing has the current price.
The animals
Breeding pair
From $19 · 1 male + 1 female
The simplest way to start a colony. A sexed male and female, ready to breed. Females may arrive already carrying young.
Starter colony · 12 adults
From $49 · best value per animal
A ready-made colony at the lowest per-animal price. Enough animals to breed steadily and watch a full life cycle play out.
Breeding trio
From $28 · 1 male + 2 females
The breeder's ratio. One male to two females founds a growing colony faster than a single pair, without the male-on-male scuffling.
Single adult
From $14 · you pick the sex
Just want one calm, hand-tame pet? A single adult, sexed to your choice. Pick a male if you do not want any chance of babies.
Starter group · 6 adults
From $34 · a small social group
Six adults: enough to see real social behavior, hissing contests, and pile-ups, without committing to a full colony.
Nymph pack · 25 nymphs
From $29 · raise them yourself
Twenty-five mixed-size nymphs to grow up. Watch all six molts, including the ghost-white stage right after each one. A great classroom project.
What’s in every shipment
- Captive-bred animals from our own colony, never wild-collected.
- Weather-appropriate packing with heat or cold packs as the forecast requires.
- Seasonal shipping holds when transit would be unsafe for the animal. We’ll let you know.
- Live-arrival guarantee: if your hisser doesn’t arrive healthy, we replace it.
- A quick-start care card, plus this entire site behind it.
Coming soon: lab & classroom kits
We’re putting together a few kits for hands-on science. Tell us where to email you and you’ll hear first when they launch.
Microscopy slide set Coming soon
10 prepared slides
Ten professionally mounted slides of real hisser anatomy: antenna, walking leg, a molted skin, mouthparts, a spiracle (the hissing organ), tarsal claw, compound eye, a gut-symbiont smear, a phoretic mite, and cuticle with sensory hairs.
Slide set + USB microscope Coming soon
Everything to look closer
The ten-slide set bundled with a plug-and-play USB microscope, so a student can put real hisser parts on a laptop screen the same afternoon.
Starter colony kit Coming soon
A complete first home
A plastic terrarium, a breeding pair with nymphs, starter food and water gel, substrate, and a printed care guide. Unbox it and you’re keeping hissers the same day.
Free care card, plus first dibs on the kits
Drop your email and we’ll send the printable quick-start care card now, and let you know the moment the microscopy and colony kits launch.
Prefer to grab them now? Care card (PDF) · Quick-start & maintenance sheet (PDF)
Field note · Check your state firstSome states restrict Gromphadorhina portentosa. Florida blocks shipment in. We don’t ship where it’s prohibited, and the listing will say so. Check your state’s department of agriculture before ordering.