Rice Flour Beetles

[cushcameleon]

I found a website by the name of silkwormshop.com. It is very similar to mulberry farms, I am sure most of you are familiar with it, but I just stumbled upon it in a google search. Anyways, they have several feeders to choose from, some of which are rice flour beetles. I think I am going to purchase a few and see how my chameleons like them. Anyone ever used these feeders before?

 

[Malicious]

LLL sells them as well, never tried them. Never heard of anyone one here using them either.

Wonder what normally eats them....hmmm

-Jay

 

[cushcameleon]

I just did some more reasearch on google, they look like easier feeders to maintain and breed. However, they apparently have very high chitin, so they can't be used as a staple

 

[chequepoint]

Dart Frog people like them a lot

 

[Fidel]

The idea is to use the larva as a feeder, and keep the beetles as a culture. The larva are small though, I feed them to my dart frogs, and hatchling chameleons.

 

[cushcameleon]

Ya, thats the second problem that I just realized, the dang things are two small. I guess I will get some roaches.

 

[joshdhensley]

Getting the larva seperate is a pain in the @$$!! My babies don't really care for them. I won't buy them again.