Hey everyone,

I recently ran out of wingless fruit flies for my Litoria aurea froglets/subadults. I've been calling in to various pet stores every day to try pick some up for about three days now. Yesterday I managed to snag their only tub, but the flies haven't hatched from the larvae yet. I feel awful for neglecting my frog's diet for the past few days, but I have tried to catch some from our organic compost heap (failed unfortunately).

I am aware of the risks of feeding wild-caught food (parasites, insecticides, disease etc), but would it be alright to feed my froglets (1/2 to 1" SVL) some chopped up bits of earthworms from our garden? It's not been fertilised or sprayed, and I'm worried about the frogs starving while I wait for the flies to hatch.

They go for anything that moves, including my fingers, so I'm not concerned about them being attracted to them.

Thank you,

Gabby

(Also I apologise if this is in the wrong area of the forum!)