Quote Originally Posted by Whistly View Post
Yay finally the temperature converter on my phone has purpose 10-15 degrees centigrade is 50-59. Your room temp is 20 centigrade so think it should be fine at room temp.

As they breed once a year I would set up atleast three colonies so you don't end up decimating a single colony. I know what you mean about buying feeders I've tried breeding crickets and locusts but Dunedin is just too cold for them that's why I love woodlice so much they just laugh at the cold. I agree with you on getting a bigger container if you want a big colony my colony is in a 45cm long 20cm wide 30cm tall container it has pet store stones about 5cm deep with about 2cm of sand on top with a scattering of stones on that and 4 small lettuce plants growing in it, and leaf litter is scattered everywhere. I'll post a photo tomorrow.

if I get over a 100 will I be able to get a constant breeding colony? Or should I use sparingly as to not exhaust the colony?
What size will the toadlets be because if they're under 5cm they will probably only eat about 5-6 in a sitting otherwise they'll end up fat. I would use them with other insects just to make sure they don't run out.

That's what Iam thinking. I got a mix of woodlice. roly poleys and pillbugs(the ones that roll up into a solid ball). I got over a 100 or so. I'm pretty sure way over a hundred. lol. There were lots of them in the container(too much to count), Ill be getting some more later. Jesus I found so many insects in my yard. I found a few that I think are stinkbugs. had green carapace(looked like a beetle, like a bess beetle), and had orange legs. I chased it--- it got away but it stank horridly.

I'm feeding the toadlets with that and fruitflies, as well as other stuff too. I can't seem to find springtails no matter what I do. :/ How long do woodlice live for? I found a huge one. Size of my thumb(the last bone on my thumb--- not the hole thumb). I found small ones(1mm) and medium ones. Some had eggs under them(only a few though...)

I found some slugs and two grubs which idk what they turn into. but yeah.