heat for dubia

[ViperJr]

A incandense red bulb is a good way to get a good amount of heat without disturbing them to much. From my own experince, they seem to not even notice the red light. Unforunately, that's the only idea I have for you.

[MonsterPyxie]

the problem with that both my colonys are in tuperware, with wire/mesh top made of plastic. Enough heat and it will just melt:/

[ViperJr]

The mesh are made of plastic? That seems very inconvenient I must say. Perhaps exchanging it for a fine metal mesh, to prevent this kind of trouble in the future?
I don't know how deep your enclourse is, but you could have the lamp inside the box without a lampshade. It's working very well for me.

[MonsterPyxie]

The mesh are made of plastic? That seems very inconvenient I must say. Perhaps exchanging it for a fine metal mesh, to prevent this kind of trouble in the future?
I don't know how deep your enclourse is, but you could have the lamp inside the box without a lampshade. It's working very well for me.

The colony with all the large dubia is pretty shallow, probably 10-12 inchs, but the larger one for all the med/small is probably around 18". so that might work, I'll have to try a few things out today!