I use a sterilite bin with CUC and cocofiber substrate. Bark rounds for hiding/climbing on. Yes to large holes in lid with screen. I have a 50wtt CHE hanging above it.
Maybe instead of dubia you want hissers instead! Maybe you wanna come get my whole hisser colony and take them home with you! I...
Hey, how's it going with your oak saplings? I've also collected a bunch of white oak acorns that I want to try this with.
My sticks won't touch romaine, ivy, or even privet. My raspberry bush is now dormant and my sticks haven't been eating, not even all the oak and raspberry leaves I froze...
I have a very similar setup as you except I'm also running a Sansi spotlight. My umbrella grows like crazy, I have to keep trimming it back. I also have Sansi lights on my anole, frog, and snail enclosures; the plant growth is crazy.
I found an orange head Roach in the sleeve of the sweatshirt I was WEARING yesterday. "found you!" ick.
My water heater busted overnight and flooded my bug room, I mean laundry room. I went in to feed the bugs and stepped in an inch of water. First thing my husband said when I told him was...
I'm sorry this is so hard, I totally understand your needing to take a break. Sometimes, despite our best efforts and doing everything possible, things still don't go right. You've done your absolutely best by her. ❤️
Do you need any super small roaches or do you have enough? I have lots of tiny hissers, orange heads, and dubia nymphs I could mail you if you need any! Let me know. So sorry your girl is struggling.
I really thought the species I had needed diapause which is why I put all of the first batch in fridge. Second batch I was letting develop for a month before putting in fridge. I was actually moving them to fridge this morning when I noticed that a bunch had hatched! I can't wait for them to get...
So over the past few months I've been keeping wild caught grasshoppers in an enclosure and they've been busy laying eggs cases. Since I have multiple breeds (I just throw everything I catch into same enclosure) I'm not sure which species have just hatched but I have dozens of tiny grasshoppers...
I have Vietnamese sick insects, nymphs. I've had them for a few months now, been feeding them from my raspberry bush until just recently since its died back for winter. I've tried switching them to oak leaves, with limited success. I tried fresh vacuum packed, then frozen that way, then thawed...
I have breeding colonies of dubia, hissers, and orange heads that are being very very prolific. What do you guys do if you have too many? They're multiplying rapidly!