Recent content by Arborous

First time I ever saw BSFL they were wild in a friends compost bin. They were huge, easily twice the size of the largest commercially available ones unless my memory is tricking me. I’m still interested in an outdoor worm bin for this purposealthough I’m not sure when it will happen.

Well, since I got purged out of the photo contest, here it is ; Official Entry : the 1000 yard stare of Gonzo Flecktarn.

Ok well, it seems like I got knocked out of the “Entry Reduction” phase. I thought that was just for technically disqualified pix. I didn’t want to repeat a mistake so that’s why I was asking. Looks like I got Primaried, ? Good luck y’all

Are we sure that is the case? I thought the subjective value of the photo was gong to be determined, at least in the first phase; by the forum members... Unless there was a technical issue with it. I received a nice compliment in the comments, for my contest entry photo, I wasn’t expecting to...

Didn’t see my pic n the line up, I must have gotten purged. What did I do wrong with my entry?

Is the member vote done with likes on the pic?

I thought it was a Dubya roach; spelled W. ? jk

So neat!

I’m not sure I have the standoff but, Those HLG boards are impressive! Poking around their site was informative, tho it’s pretty technical. I had no information about the “deep red” flowering cycle I have to look more into that.

The door and the top are screened, there is a watertight bottom up to about 7”. I went really thin on drainage and substrate, probably should have done more. Right now it’s about 3 hydroton balls deep with 1/4” of aquarium lava substrate and coconut fiber above that. Threw a good deal of char...

Wow I’m absolutely floored by some of these, there are some really really impressive enclosures in here. And there are quite a few more than functional efforts too great job people. Here’s a recent one, it’s been growing about 3months, I built this 17x 28 x42. Plexi with screen top and door. I...

First I’ve heard of the allergen concerns thanks for mentioning it.

Pete the panther is cool! You could call him Quasimodo or Hugo for his amazing back shape. Seems to have done well so far he’s tough! Anecdotally, I’m only 7 weeks into the whole process of working with some of these less common feeder bugs (silks, dubia, BSFL,) and I can say that while...

5x bigger than when he showed up 7 weeks ago! I figure he’s around 3mos now.

These are used for skeletal preparation and are the bane of preserved insect collectors