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My favorites are wild caught moths.

Carabid larvae are predatory. I would use some caution if the mandibles are large enough to hurt your chameleon. I don't feed the adults, or ground beetles, to my chams either for the same reason.

Raising babies is an enjoyable and rewarding. Go for it, and best of luck.

The availability of reptiles at the stores gives people the chance to view and own something new that may develop into a new hobby for them. They can find the needed management practices on the internet. Employees at my local store are helpful and provide information about lighting, feeding...

I have a light trap that captures night flying insects, mostly noctuid moths. Very little chance of them carrying pesticides or host specific parasites. Dragons and chams readily feed on them. Seems that offering a variety of food is good. Been doing this for over ten years.

Pinworms are chameleon parasites. What are some others? Especially in the US? I read about wc animals being loaded with parasites, and about fear of wild insects being vectors of parasites.

About gutloading crickets.... when they ingest food and it enters the buccal cavity, the mouth, it is mixed with fluid from the salivary glands, so the food immediately begins the digestive process.... just thinking out loud.

Thanks for the link. I keep looking for parasites that might be vectored by insects. Do they exist?

Yes, as you say,, larvae do not live in tree foliage. I don't know what species of beetles they were capturing. I didn't taste them. They were to be baked or something. Nothing was said about eating grubs, but I doubt it. Island of Mindinau. I did research on Japanese beetles in Georgia.

June/May beetle larvae feed on plant roots. In the Philippines, scarabid beetles were feeding in tree foliage, and people were capturing them by using sweep nets. They were for human food.

What is known about microbes in the gut that contribute toward good health?

Maybe these are beneficial to chameleons?

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She might show some egg-covering behavior, then will leave them. Let her do this, then take the eggs away.

Huh?? Some of mine have.

Its not unusual for them to just drop eggs, especially the first batch of infertile eggs.

My six month old veilds eat grated squash, maybe for the moisture? However, they get dripped water for onehalf hour five times daily. They also get crickets and superworms. They take bites out of pothos leaves. I am growing bean plants and will offer some potted plants and see if they any...

Superworm beetles (adults) lay tiny eggs that produce worms (larvae) Try using a piece of screen to sift the larvae from your rearing media. Poultry food is fine for the media. Sift the media and worms onto a flat surface, and you will see the worms scramble away. Sweep them into a...