VERY good information in here, and I mostly approve of your new set up.

Only thing I have a problem with is the egg crate.

FYI, I have around 1300-1400 dubia....... on 2 egg crates. haha. They love to be cramped. I have my egg crate flipped over to match each other, and glued together with a glue gun in a few places to create a "hotel" of sorts. Mainly to be sure the egg crate doesn't settle onto one another restricting space. I will have to take a picture probably to show you.


As per stated earlier about avocado. I heard from a insect forum about a guy that fed avocado for a while to his dubia, and they always ate it up. I have since fed mine avocado a few times with no issue. So I wouldn't hesitate to feed them it again.

Also I have been feeding them banana's this week. Wait until the banana is starting to brown, I pulled the stem out to give them a starting point, and 2-3 days later, there is nothing left but a few paper thin parts of the peel

you should feed a 1/4 or 1/8th of what I do, due to you having a small colony. So cut the banana, or avacoto in 1/4 or so, and drop it in there. Too much and it will go bad and mold, or such after a few days with that heat.


Mine bunch up on each other sometimes on the bottom. I open the top and they scurry over back to the egg crate.

I'll have to take a few pictures today. My males have been acting crazy, dancing/fighting, and in general just being unusual. dunno if its just heavy mating, or the banana's are fermented and there all drunk and routy. lol!