I Finally Bred Schistocerca shoeshone

[Motherlode Chameleon]

I have been feeding Schistocerca shoeshone to my chameleons for over 15 years now. However ironically I never until after moving off the Ranch had the facilities to attempt to bred this species. Now that I have got an aquarium room I was preparing for an attempt to breed these giant hoppers a year ago. However I housed two species together as I was still putting together the grasshopper cages and my Schistocrca nites (Gray Bird Hoppers) colony ate my Schistocerce shoeshone (Green Birds Hoppers) colony. Finally after waiting another year I had my opportunity to breed this species again and after 3-3.5 months of incubation the Green Bird Hoppers eggs have started to hatch. Here's some pictures.

Just to give you an idea how big these hoppers are.

A female laying eggs.

A couple pictures of the nymph's.

 

[JoeG]

Your bigger chameleons must love that lunch. I would try them if they were available around here. Congrats on your breeding success.

 

[Solid Snake]

Outstanding job! Congratulations!

 

[Vegas Chad]

Nice! ! ! ! ! !

 

[Texas Ranger]

You need to send some this way lol

 

[Whatcamo]

Could you go over the process please? What do they eat etc thanks

 

[coldbloodedAL]

Congratulations! I always see hoppers around here that look like the nymphs, but never any the size of those adults!

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

Thanks everybody!! I have got to work out a couple details with the Agriculture Department. Then once the formalities are out of the way I'm going to attempt to put something together with Brad for the site here. They really eat almost everything that is green. I feed these to everyone who can fit one in their mouth.

Here's a picture of Rhino.

 

[chameleonfan101]

They look si juicy!!

 

[chameleonfan101]

They look si juicy!!

*so juicy!

 

[melric]

Pretty cool. So it takes almost 4 months for them to hatch? How many eggs do they lay? Do you get thousands?

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

Pretty cool. So it takes almost 4 months for them to hatch? How many eggs do they lay? Do you get thousands?

From another breeding attempt 12 Green Birds produced about a couple hundred babies (300-400) nymphs. I could not confirm this with pictures though.

 

[lumbasammler]

Congrats on that!

 

[lumbasammler]

If you ever get the opportunity to send those to Germany i would really love to get some

 

[Texas Panther Man]

Thank you. Ive been catching those for yrs but couldnt ever formally Id them. My crew loves them, even the pickiest eatters will attack those with gusto. Big Kudos for breeding them I can only imagine how much work that was.

 

[clarkrw3]

Great job and thanks for sharing! I would love to be able to offer these to my chams. I would love to know more about how you accomplished it all!

 

[mcleodschams]

how safe would it be for my chams if i just go out to a field and catch a bunch of these little buggers and put them in there own breeding tank? would they get rid of any pesticides if they were exposed to them or not? that is my only worry about wild bugs

 

[mcleodschams]

if your wondering here in london we have these grass hoppers by the thousands all over atleast they look the same some are a littl different coloured i guess like black lines on there legs i think

 

[mcleodschams]

yep just googled i feel stupid now lol there nothing alike in colour at all but the question now is how are the grass hoppers for chamsor are they the samething?


edit:http://answers.yourdictionary.com/animal-life/what-do-chameleons-eat.html heres what i found if ayone else is curious some facts a little off but pretty good all in all

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

yep just googled i feel stupid now lol there nothing alike in colour at all but the question now is how are the grass hoppers for chamsor are they the samething?


edit:http://answers.yourdictionary.com/animal-life/what-do-chameleons-eat.html heres what i found if ayone else is curious some facts a little off but pretty good all in all

I'm not clear on what exactly you are asking? If your wondering if grasshoppers are safe to feed? Post a picture of the Grasshopper you are asking about.