Insect Breeding

[Chameleon Brothers]

Anyone have any recommendations on insects to breed and how besides dubai roaches?

Thanks
Matthew

 

[pasquia]

I'd go with stick insects, several species available, don't know about legality in your area.I like Indians, Ramulus, E. calcarata, D. Gigantea ,E. tiatarum are my preferred feeders , all easy to keep and breed well

 

[Olimpia]

There are lots of bugs that are breedable at home, some easier than others.

As far as roaches, besides dubias, you have discoids, Madagascar hissers, dusky cave roaches, green banana roaches, surinam roaches, turkistan roaches, etc.

Then you can breed hornworms, silkworms, and superworms if you want worms.

And then you have katydids, preying mantids, stick insects, etc.

There's a lot out there! And they have have caresheets if you run a Google search on how to care and breed them.

 

[sandrachameleon]

There are quite a few good links from this blog entry
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/74-feeders.html

 

[DirtyDubbz]

Olimpia and Sandra have the best info

 

[deadhd5]

Land snails!

 

[happiness]

Superworms, land snails and rolly pollies ! (pill bugs)

I caught some wild rolly pollies outside and one had babies this weekend. Sadly, I went away for 2 days and when I came back they were all dead and a few adults too, probably because of the dry soil. Though, really easy to take care of