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  1. Andee

    Grasshoppers selling

    This is mostly a question for @SauceGandhi but generally anyone who sells their grasshoppers in the US is welcome. Whith differentialis species i imagine from the way they are laying for me right now even with diapause i will have more than i can feed off with my invert eaters. Does shipping...
  2. Andee

    US Dry chow, clean up crew, feeders

    I have some homemade bug chow for sale that will be ready in two weeks. I am only making 5 orders worth extra (1lb each). Feel free to ask me to hold an order for you. Ingredients (listed from most to least): Alfalfa, wheat grass, ground hemp hearts, ground chia seeds, ground flax seed, ground...
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    US P. Asotus jumping spider slings

    i4-i5 p. Asotus jumping spiders available. These guys are currently only eating fruit flies but will eat any size offered. I have the ability to offer different personalities but the majority and relatively social. These are from a wild caught female Current quantity available 5 spiders 15.00...
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    Updates on grasshoppers

    Grasshoppers are doing great, they are eating everything from my garden with gusto. Everything from kale, mustard leaves, red leaf and butter lettuce, beet greens, and pea greens so far! Also been finding a lot of cut worms and cabbage white worms because its thats season, so Prince Neptune is...
  5. Andee

    Grasshopper food

    Just had my grasshoppers start hatching and I have a huge garden of food to offer them if they will eat it however I'm uncertain as to what this species will eat. I have differential grasshoppers. Are they picky? I know generally what to avoid, do I need to do special care for the little ones...
  6. Andee

    So many insects

    It's definitely spring. My isopods are bursting at the seams, snails are starting to pop up, silkworms hatched, dubias and discoids are nearing their final stages until adults. Peppered Roaches seem to growing in nymph stages well. Ivory heads, red runners, death heads, and even my hissers seem...
  7. Andee

    Hydei cultures

    I am making hydei cultures soon (not for chams but the jumping spider slings i will have hatching soon) My ingredients are Banana Apples Powder papaya and powder elder berry I am considering adding spirulina since i have heard that is great for carotenids though currently i have misplaced my...
  8. Andee

    Working on chow again

    Back to making bug chow again. For severak years my mental illness won and my critter care fell by the way side. All things were hitting minimum requirements but i usually ago above and beyond where i can. Well im back to stable and my colonies just need some tlc. They are fine but definitely...
  9. Andee

    Back with a vengence

    I have been gone for ages once again. Multiple reasons. A lot have to do with big life changes. My new insect colonies have been stabilizing and breeding went through the big cycle of losing adults and then only having nymphs for a while. Neptune is still with me. He is 6 now and doing well. I...
  10. Andee

    US Adults only or mixed Roaches for sale

    I have a surplus of adults in my colonies right now and I am trying to trim them down some to encourage new nymph growth. All of these need to be kept in bioactive enclosures. Ember Roaches- mixed only (adults and nymphs) Non flying, non-climbing 10 adults/20 nymphs (1 available) 12.00 +...
  11. Andee

    Silkworm growth

    The locale of silkworms i have are extremely slow growing. However genetically strong. Im frustrated with the time they take to grow. Im trying to time out when to pull another 300 eggs to hatch but omg i cant seem to guess their growth rate. Otherwise the other inverts are growing like mad. Im...
  12. Andee

    Wanted to share

    Not all these pics are great cause some of them didnt cooperate. I dont blame them though, was a long journey.
  13. Andee

    Low oxalate and high oxalate foods we gutload with or avoid

    Broccoli 2 mgs per cup Brussels sprouts 9 mgs per 3 oz Watercress less than 3mg per 100g Mustard greens (cant find consistent measurment but is usually under 10 mg) Turnip greens (cant find consistent measurements but seems to be under 15 mg) Bokchoy 2mg per cup Common kale 17 mg in 3 oz...
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    Providing insects with a mix of oxalates

    Apparently insects naturally avoid high oxalate foods. Its a natural defensive mechanism that inhibits their growth when high enough. So if we give them a choice if the food is high enough to affect them they should naturally choose something low oxalate. However when does something become high...
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    US Roach/Cricket/Superworm dry gutload

    I have another extra 17 oz of the dry gutload i use for my insects. I use it for everything from superworms, mealworms, roaches, crickets, and anything else considered a dry grain eater. Ingredients (listed from most to least): Alfalfa, ground hemp hearts, ground chia seeds, ground flax seed...
  16. Andee

    Making bug chow tomorrow

    Im making roach and grain eating insect chow tomorrow. Mealworms, superworms, roaches, isopods, crickets, and I am sure a few others will nibble at this stuff and I am so glad to have it back in the rotation. Dry chow is just as useful when its made right as healthy fruits or veggies. However...
  17. Andee

    Silkworms again!

    In starting silkworm colonies again. Which means, 6 months to a year of line breeding and adding new blood to line breed again for superior genetics. I look forward to it. There will be worms that wont make the cut. Worms that are fed off. Worms that get dried for chicken feed. I am excited. Ive...
  18. Andee

    Growing my own fresh foods

    So since my insects will be rather large (plans for 8 colonies of roaches alone with the addition of other feeders too) I know how much a strong colony of roaches can power through fresh greens and fruits. I have an orange tree, Mandarin orange tree, and mulberry tree, plus we buy a lot of...
  19. Andee

    Mealworms colony

    So I was cleaning a bit of the shed skin and some of dead beetles off the mealworms. I don't do a lot just some, but I was shifting through the oatmeal to see how the babies were doing and I am like O.O crap. I will need to move them to a new bin by the next egg laying boom. I'm hesitating...
  20. Andee

    Species for those with roach aversions

    Im looking into raising roaches for feeders that people who dont like handling roaches/cant handle them or who dont like them but take one for their cham, and was wondering if anyone had a preference?
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