Waxworms

[larry b]

Hi can u fed waxworms to the bigger darts, just wondering if anyone does.

[wesleybrouwer]

You can find 2 different waxmoth species, the big and small waxmoth,
For darts you feed the small ones best.
It is a great food source for species that take bigger insects.
Just don't feed it to much since it is full of fat .

[poison beauties]

Im not sure about there but here its hard to get waxworms even near the appropriate size for terribs or tincs. If you can find them yeah a nice snack or them here and then will be beneficial. The best think you can do for darts is vary their diets. Other than waxworms and ff there are other micro fauna that do well like all the spring species, isos and woodlice, jewel wasps, termites, phoenix worms, crickets, pea aphids, flour beetle larva, bean beetles, weevils, even smaller ant species at times and feild sweeping does wonders for aquiring dart frog food.Even mites are a natural part of a dart frogs diet.

Michael

[wesleybrouwer]

Then i think you only saw the big waxmoths.
The smaller ones are smaller then a small phoenix worm and my Phyllobates love them,
it's a great snack.

Maybe you can use the latin names?

Great waxmoth is Galleria mellonella
Lesser waxmoth is Achroia grisella
And there is another called bee moth orAphomia sociella.

The lower 2 are smaller versions,
you can feed the larvaes and the moths itself as well.

[poison beauties]

Achroia grisella and Aphomia sociella. are not readilyavailible here. If they are infact smaller than a small phoenix worm which is only an 1/8'' in size than they would make a great feeder.

Michael

[wesleybrouwer]

The small phoenix worms we get here are bigger then that

But i think they are around that size before pupating,
the newly hatched are a lot smaller.

The adult moths i am talking about are around 6-7mm.
The larvaes are smaller newly hatched grewing up to 1 cm or so and they are around 1-2mm thick.
My poison darts love them in all stages.

Maybe it is possible to get them send from Europe?

The culturing is exactly the same as with the bigger waxmoths.
Usualy they both invest a hive, but the bigger ons will take over so the smaller ones will therefore been seen less with imkers.

If you like i can see what is possible to get them send to the US,
but i think it's worth it to order with multiple people since the porto will be
a bit high i think.

Maybe you know if it is even possible to send bugs that can form a threat?
I believe they do appear in the US as well, so i don't know if they can make a problem out of it.

[larry b]

Achroia grisella and Aphomia sociella. are not readilyavailible here. If they are infact smaller than a small phoenix worm which is only an 1/8'' in size than they would make a great feeder.

Michael

Thanks for the info nice to know what different option are available.