Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:28 am Post subject: Re: Lepisma saccharina
DavidRS wrote:
Silverfish! As I was chasing down one of the many silverfish I am always running into, I had a thought. They must breed easily, and their dietary requirements are meager at best. I'm always in need for small invert food. So I have 4 adults so far in a container with damp paper, and all I have to do is pick up a towel in the bathroom, and I always find at least one a day.
So, I'll do some experimentation on raising a colony. The Cutting Edge of Invertebrate Nutrition.
Cool ...I always feed them to my trues when I can capture them ...otherwise squishy, squishy nasty little fishy.
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:18 am Post subject: Re: Lepisma saccharina
DavidRS wrote:
Silverfish! As I was chasing down one of the many silverfish I am always running into, I had a thought. They must breed easily, and their dietary requirements are meager at best. I'm always in need for small invert food. So I have 4 adults so far in a container with damp paper, and all I have to do is pick up a towel in the bathroom, and I always find at least one a day.
So, I'll do some experimentation on raising a colony. The Cutting Edge of Invertebrate Nutrition.
i believe they take more than a couple years to mature and might be toxic? i vaguely remember seeing a good reason why these wouldn't work, though it might have been why you shouldn't feed WC ones to your bugs _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:37 pm Post subject: Lobster Roaches
Got the Lobster Roaches today:
They are assorted sizes. The adults are about 1" long. They are VERY PROFICIENT climbers, but can't fly.
Let me know if you want some -- I'll probably just bring the whole tub to the BBQ on the 19th (I don't expect to get there before about 3 pm, though).
They cost about $35 shipped, so I figured I'd offer them at 20 for a buck, or $5 for 100. (I probably don't need to keep more than one or two hundred myself).
There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
I think Ive spotted lawn shrimp once or twice, but havnt seen any for quite some time ...probably because of all the work ive been doing. Too much diggin and moving hides around for many of the creatures that like my yard.
Im raising a couple isopod colonies... one normal size woodlice colony and a giant colony. The normal sized one went crazy...producing many young.
Also, experimenting with some mid-sized beetles ...common ones... reddish and black, about 1/2". Waiting to find out if they will reproduce in captivity.
Also, trying out some captured roaches ...2 species (I think). One I caught out in Vegas, the other is from local rock/log flippin'.
Hello Dave,
you won't have a problem raising these guys, they multiply like crazy.
I used to raise some for my ground mantids.
regards
PS Germans use them all the time.
I can't understand why my little silverfish colony hasn't produced yet. I'm trying their known food preferences like paper and book-binding glue. Although I just checked and I haven't tried straight sugar.
hey is Collembola anything like lawn shrimp? _________________ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." Albert Einstein
they are smaller than A. domestica. Grow faster and have very soft body, female have no wings
pics
currently breeding them.
looking for other type of cricket.. like
Gryllus interger
Gryllus lineaticeps
most southern Gryllus are externally the same, they infact make hybrids where their population cross. they only differ in song. always wonder if their hybrid song are any different...
" This is correct; love bugs are not a favored food of most insectivores, but they are harmless and merely do not taste good, resulting in their not being eaten."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_bug _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
William S. Burroughs The Western Lands
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::lol:: ...forgot it was this thread that won the bad humor thread jacking arward. ...
We oughta clean it up one of these days. ?
Anyway...
I want to get into this subject. I have been experimenting, but not at the level of control that I would like to.
But first... got a question...
Does anyone have a tried n' true moth(& other light attracted nightime flyers) trap/collection device/design?
Its like moth month right now around my house. I catch em and just about everything I have that eats meat loves em.
Hello All,
Steven I do collect moths and feed them to my mantids.
If you are interested on a trap you can visit or get get from Bioquip, they have them.
I've been using silkworms and they are great feeders for all my pets. I originally bought them for my BD's but they work for everything. They really like to move, won't burrow, don't have hard exos, the only problem would be feeding them. They only eat mulberry leaves.
I've read the this whole thread. I was thinking about silkworms myself.
I'm still having a heck of a time getting my bigger T's converted to my dubia - which are doing great, breeding like crazy, odorless, couldn't possibly be easier to care for. I give them all my left over and sometimes just outright buy them their own supply of organic produce when I do my own shopping along with their dry mixture I put together for them. I NEVER thought I would get over my roach issues but I absolutely love them. I actually feel a little bit bad when I feed them to my T's. I can't believe it took me so long to figure out how to sex them so now I can feed off more of my immature males and not so many of the females when I feed my smaller T's.
I am hoping that the slings will continue to like the roaches more and more and eventually eat them as well as the one G. rosea I got from Andrew a while back. I have had a few big T's eat a dubia once but not a second time even when I make them wait a long time for their next meal. Not Andrew's G. rosea. That girl attacks it right out of the tongs everytime!!! It is very obvioius she's been eating roaches for a while. She's the reason I haven't given up...
I do have one T who is extremely picky. The only reason I even tolerate her fickle appetite is because she is my all time favorite now that Pablo has passed. She is a huge, gorgeous B. smithi I picked up last summer to breed to my boy. The guy I got her from said she didn't like crickets or roaches and get this: only eats pinky mice, anoles and silkworms but would eat those like there was no tomorrow. I thanked him for the information and thought to myself that was ridiculous and her world was about to change.
Guess what? She doesn't eat roaches and she barely eats an occasional cricket... Pinky mice and anoles are not an option for me. That's fine for other people, everyone's personal decision. I really want this girl to eat more. Everyone's appetite is picking up with the warmer weather. I had hoped she would be gravid because Pablo got some great inserts but it isn't looking like it.
Anyone else out there feed silkworms? I found a website where you can buy silkworm food so you don't have to hunt down mulberry leaves. Is it possible to breed silkworms or would it be too much of a hassle? I've checked out a couple sources and the prices really vary - A LOT! I also looked in the past and it seems like some times of the year you can't get them at all? Any reason why nobody else commited on the possibility of silkworms? I definitely like that they do not burrow.
I love my dubia but they are still a challenge for me but I plan to keep trying and they will eventually be my main food source. I don't need something to mature in less than a years time because I need food in all sizes. _________________ Jules
To get Ts to swap over to other foods try 'starving' them for a couple weeks. Then try feeding a roach, if it doesnt take it wait another week. As long as the T doesnt loose a lot of weight or change its behavior you shouldnt have too much of an issue.
Another way I have gotten some of my more defensive Ts to take roaches is to use forceps and get them to strike at the roach, when the T bites let go of the roach. _________________ - Kevin aka What
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also, i feed most of my bugs prekilled/mangled roaches and everyone eats
of course, i staple off of lobsters and not dubia _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
Jules, I usually buy silkworm food. Premade is more expensive but I hate cooking the stuff it makes my house smell...nature-like. I always buy them in bulk and usually finish them off but breeding might be more of an issue I haven't tried it. I've never even gotten more than two moths before. If you can breed them let me know. One think to remember is they are really soft bodied and prone to disease. Wash your hands before and after handling them. If you get them at a good price let me know where.
-Eddy _________________ AbYsS
Eddy H.
It's been my experience that tarantulas are like cats. Everyone says, "my cat is soooo fussy, he won't eat ANYTING except ground chicken breast with Major Grey's Chutney on it." Nonsense. Let the little fuzzball get hungry enough and he'll eat anything. I've had a few tarantulas that wouldn't take roaches. At first. Let them get hungry enough and those roaches start to look like Aunt Maggie's bisquits and gravy. Granted, there might be a tarantula out there that will starve itself in the midst of plenty, but I haven't met it yet. _________________ "I hold your opinion above all others, tribe elder." - Neshan W. Sarkisian
I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order, like they should be.
look neat. look like they might not need live plants for food _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
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