Good feeder insect in addition to cricket?

[Crystal6]

I'm looking for something I can breed besides the house cricket for a White's Tree Frog. I don't want my froggy to be lacking a balanced diet but where I live it is cold for very long periods of time and the nearest insect-selling store is quite a few hours of driving away. (I do have calcium supplement and gutload.)

I'm not usually squeamish about insects except for things involving the Diptera Order. (Only exception might be the dragonfly.)

Any suggestions?

[Kurt]

Cockroaches.

[John]

Dragonflies are not Diptera, they are Odonata.

[Kevin1]

Like Kurt said, Roaches are a good choice.
They are very nutritional.
Very easy to breed.

[Crystal6]

O_o Cockroaches? Really?

Hm...


Uh... it only appears to be better then the cricket by its calcium. (And if I use calcium powder it's probably not that big a difference) and it has more than double the fat. I'm probably missing something so please don't think me rude for asking... how's it better?

[SludgeMunkey]

No noise. No stink. Most species are much easier to farm than crickets.

And just like crickets, a properly supplemented feed and dusting makes them viable staple diet items. Personally, I find roaches superior to crickets.