Hyperolius...

[SethD]

Just manged to pick up a Hyperolius species I have have been keeping an my eye out for for a while. This is a charming little species from Ghana that doesn't get much bigger than your thumbnail. Hopefully they will do well for me. Here are a couple of pic's

Hyperolius fusciventris burtoni hiding behind a leaf...



And munching on a moth...

[Skulldroog]

Very cool looking frogs!

Good luck with the upkeep.

[Buck Rogers]

Great stuff! I currently have an Arum Lilly Frog (Hyperolius horstockii) and found it a surprisingly easy species to work with. At the moment I have it in the most basic of set-ups - water bowl, paper towel and branches - and it is thriving. I started feeding it on flightless fruit flies, then moved to 1/4 crickets and now it easily takes mealworms as well.

Your set up looks great, but try get them on to crickets as soon as possible cause it will just make your life easier.

[Ebony]

What an absolutely adorable little frog. Beautiful blue eyes with gorgeous red feet and cute little yellow toes. I love that frog.

[CrazyAirborne]

very cool looking frog! i want one!

[hyla]

Very nice, love the colors and the eyes. My frog would be so jealous of that moth, I wish there was somewhere I could order them.

[Kurt]

Gorgeous!

[SethD]

Great stuff! I currently have an Arum Lilly Frog (Hyperolius horstockii) and found it a surprisingly easy species to work with. At the moment I have it in the most basic of set-ups - water bowl, paper towel and branches - and it is thriving. I started feeding it on flightless fruit flies, then moved to 1/4 crickets and now it easily takes mealworms as well.

Your set up looks great, but try get them on to crickets as soon as possible cause it will just make your life easier.

Thanks, but I hardly ever feed crickets to anything. I hate raising crickets. I flat refuse to raise them when roaches can be cultured to fill the same feeder nitche and are no where near the pain to deal with that crickets can be. lol These guys will be getting mainly fruit flies supplemented with WC insects and small latteralis roaches from time to time.

[SethD]

Very nice, love the colors and the eyes. My frog would be so jealous of that moth, I wish there was somewhere I could order them.

Indian meal moths are not difficult to culture. The problem is keeping them from escaping and finding something tasty to infest in your cupboards.

[Kurt]

You can also let waxworms mature into moths as well.

[Buck Rogers]

You can also let waxworms mature into moths as well.

Or silkworms, but they might be a bit too large for that little guy.

So what's this story about crickets being wiped out in the States? Please full me in.

[Buck Rogers]

Sorry, post sounds a bit odd. Meant to say what is this story that I have heard about feeder crickets being wiped out by a disease in the States. Is this all rumors or is it actually happening over there.

[Kurt]

First I am hearing of it. I know a while back they had been wiped out in Europe, but not here.

[hyla]

Ok guys, so Indian meal moths and waxworms can be cultured. I would not be lying if I told you I had no idea how to do this. Also if my husband gets the first glimpse of a moth farm he will kick me out. Silence of the Lambs comes to mind. But I would love to try it, b/c I hate crickets....hate them.

[Kurt]

Just buy wax worms at your local pet store, set them up in a small critter keeper and let them mature. It's that easy.

[Socrates]

Just buy wax worms at your local pet store, set them up in a small critter keeper and let them mature. It's that easy.

How nutritionally sound are the adult moths? I know the larvae are high in fat, and I know that the adults are not high in fat.

[Kurt]

To tell you the truth, I have no idea.