Buy more chameleons
.
Any fruit fly or household fly that escapes always congregates to where my air filter exhausts. I have the Holmes tower model about 3' from the wall, blowing towards the wall. Any escapees group together on the wall like they are attending fly church. They seem to love that fresh ion air. Hang your swatter on the back of the filter and wait. The maybe 20 or so chinese mantids that I let loose have been cleaning up. I bent over to put something in my trash can, and there was like 7-8 hanging out hunting. I am really starting to dig those little guys. No more fruit flies walking over me at night.
high in protein.
Maybe I got lucky from watching that kid's youtube video. The last batch I only had about 10 get loose, and I think most were from outside. I just jinxed myself, I think. We will see tomorrow.
You'll are gonna give me a bad rap. You know they sell just 50 flies, also.
Glad to say the flies are mostly gone. One or two left! Nigel helped me a little yesterday. I had him on his Big Manzanita tree yesterday on my kitchen table and he snatched a couple. One from midair! It was a great sight.
Haha yes! But for $1 more you get 500!! The bargain shopper in me went nuts and couldn't fathom not getting 450 more for a dollar...
That stupid $1 more is what got me the first time. $20 for 1,000 crickets or $9.16 for 1,000 flies. The math is easy on that one. Probably an inside joke at the sellers. Every business has a gimmick for suckers.
In all seriousness, when it comes to a 2-4 month old panther, it REALLY pays off. Their colors go off the chart when hunting them, and being soft bodied, they are digested ubber quickly. Very fast growth spurt follows. I can't believe I waited so long to take full advantage of them. The only other feeders are that eaten that fast, are mantids and moths.
