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I've got an older male who goes out of his way to tag and eat the crunchiest leaves... Have to be careful where he wanders when he's out, he terrorizes my houseplants

All good! I've had precocious boys start head bobbing around 6 months, and I've heard tales of super short incubation times, so I was curious! That timeline makes a lot more sense though! Anyway, beautiful cham- but where are the baby pics?!

Their ranges overlap more than that, there were definitely Cardinals in Michigan's upper peninsula when I left a few years ago!

Wait, he's less than a year old and has a clutch he aired already hatching? How long did they incubate? What age did he breed?!

So, your cham was definitely holding eggs in the first few pictures you posted. Now however, she looks like she is not. I'm pretty sure if you dig through all the substrate and lay bin, you'll find a pile of eggs. Good luck on your treasure hunt!

Hey, with my current collection (including some pest species), you never know! Plus I can do see questionable things in the name of science (see all the bugs who risked their lives to test that things like MosquitoBits and pea flour wouldn't harm the larger colonies...)

I know they're vastly different insects, but I figure the chinks in their little big armor may have similar sensitivities. Just guessing though, and I'm not keen enough to do a full experiment if it means fostering grain mites for an extended period of time. Maybe in the future though!

I guess I shouldn't say they do, only that they can. There are studies that show common hissers decline when their mite populations explode, as they can cause irritation in the spaces between the exoskeleton plates. They also cause death when an overwhelming number of mites begin to clog the...

Mites won't hurt the bugs, but can cause irritation in large enough quantities. Pea flour kills grain mites, though you need it to make up roughly 10% of the mix. Your best bet is to microwave and toss.the current substrate, then move the worms to a new one of your choice. As mentioned above...

Hey, looks like you're using straight coco coir for substrate. This doesn't have enough structure to hold a tunnel; her crater is because the top just keeps collapsing in. Either mix in an equal amount of washed playsand or replace with a decent organic potting soil ASAP!

I'm glad, I know it's a odd concept to understand at first. I also understand that it can feel wasteful to have infertile clutches when you're planning to breed anyway, since she is using resources to produce those eggs. Even so I do think it's better to wait. Thanks for asking questions other...

Infertile eggs are significantly smaller and easier to pass. Producing a fertile clutch first go means a few things are more difficult: 1) She is likely young and not fully developed; at less than a year, I doubt she's the 60g I've seen discussed as the minimum weight for breeding. Eggs in...

Hey now, some of us were the weird kids who kept spiders and giant millipedes as pets 😄

To be fair, my P. laevis colony will devour a pinky mouse down to bones in under an hour...

So, unpopular opinion: I don't supplement my adult males with calcium at every feeding, usually only every other. My reasoning is that once they've reached adult size, they're no longer using Ca to build bones/continuing development. Nor do they need additional Ca for forming shells the way...

I'm late, but if I remember right @jamest0o0 can put together samples of a bunch of different roach species

To be fair, Red Runners are awesome jumpers and very quick! Even though they don't climb, you'll probably end up with an escape every now and then. I minimize that by keeping my collection container and whatever I'm shaking roaches off/out of at least 6 inches below the top of their bin. That...

Those look great! What are you using for pictures? I'm procrastinating on taking the dive into a decent camera, but my phone's camera is abysmal 😞

Whoops, forgot pics

Alrighty, I've been trying a few of these new LED UV bulbs to see if they're legit. About 1 in 3 (2 of.the 6 I purchased) DO have UV output; tested with a solarmeter 6.2, results below and in pictures. They doesn't get hot; the temperature of the actual bulb after 10 minutes (to allow the bulb...