Can you keep too many locusts together???

[JosieJobo]

I was looking for the awnser, I couldn't find it so I was going to post the question yesterday but thought about it and decided not to.... in hindsight I now am for future users.

I got 4 tubs of locusts but only had a small tank, I thought as they swam they shouldn't mind being close to each other. As long as they have enough food they shouldn't kill each other. ?.
Well I put loads of food in plenty to climb on put them on the heat mat and went to bed...
this morning over half are dead!

I have 2 options... the lettuce had somthing on it? but I think they'd all be dead.

So the conclusion is... they ate the lettuce, then pooed out the lettuce. Poo is damp + heat mat makes ALOT OF CONDENSATION resulting in many dead locusts, what a waste of money

 

[Kath44]

I keep quite a lot together in a tub without much issue. I don't use any heat mats though. They are room temp and do fine.
Kath.

 

[ZiggyStardust]

My Veiled will only eat juvenile locust (third hoppers) and I generally buy between 60 and 80 each week, all at the same time.

When I get them home, I transfer them into a large, well ventilated keeper tank into which I put leafy greens, half an orange and some strawberries, a soaked sponge and bug grub on the bottom. I also put in half an egg box for them to hide under. I don't heat the tank but if the sun is out, I put them outside for half an hour a day as they seem to appreciate the sunlight.

A few die each week, but never more than about 10 or 12 and they all seem to live together quite harmoniously. I put fresh food in for them twice a week and into a clean tank halfway through the week.

 

[JosieJobo]

thanks

Actually not that many had died when I cleaned it out lol but anyway. Ive only resently started using the heat matt but im trying to get some colonies started dubia roches, locusts, and silkworms they all breed better when a little warmer