General Small Feeders

[Deku]

Mealworms are easy enough to cuture. Just put a bunch in a Rubbermaid tub with some bran and/or oatmeal. Toss in some slided up potato for moisture. Let them mature into beetles, then later sift through the substrate for small mealworms.

Cuturing waxworms is a little bit more difficult and I am still trying to get used to to it. Someone posted how to do it on the forum somewhere. Do a search and you should find it.

Culturing bean weevils is fairly easy as well. First get some bean weevils at the show. Take some of the weevils and throw them in a culture cup with some black-eyed peas and some of the beans from the old culture. Put something in for them to climb on, I use toilet paper rolls as it makes it easier to haverst them. Wait a month or so and wela, you have bean weevils. You will never see the larva but you will see black-eyed peas with holes in them.

I have never done roaches, so advice there.

Fruit flies are easy to culture. Paul wrote an article on it.

I will culture as many insect as I can. I want to offer varied diet.

[Kurt]

A varied diet is best.

[Deku]

A varied diet is best.

Yeah, I wonder what would be good medium sized feeders tooo.

[Ebony]

Crickets. Mealworms and Locusts all range in size with their life-cycle stage's so they are good for all sized frogs. Ive never dealt with roaches so cant help you there sorry.

[Deku]

Crickets. Mealworms and Locusts all range in size with their life-cycle stage's so they are good for all sized frogs. Ive never dealt with roaches so cant help you there sorry.

I want insects that are rather easy to breed. I find breeding crickets hard and sorta chore and a waste of time.

I rather would wanna breed something that is so easy all you have to do is set up a tank and change food daily.

Course if I still need some insects I will bu y them but yeah. I wondered if buying insects online is pointless. Because people get em at the store. But at the same time I wanted good quality feeders that last a long time.

I wanna get a ton of locusts for my turtle. :] She loves to bite on things that will give her a run for her meal. xD

[Kurt]

Locust are not available in the US. Roaches breed easily.

[Deku]

Locust are not available in the US. Roaches breed easily.

Doesnt ebony breed locust?