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A science supply house may have them. You can also find them on ebay (make sure they are in your state unless you have the proper permits on both sides otherwise)

I learned my lesson long ago, always add less flies than you think you need

You'll get used to dubia's. I didn't like touching them at first either but honestly if you just try it within no time you'll think of them the same way as mealworms, crickets, or other feeder insects. Although they can live for a while if they get loose, under normal conditions of a clean house...

Occasionally in salamander stool I have found partially digested bits of BSFL. Also there is a paper about mountain chicken frogs and BFSL digestability. I think I would be more concerned about feeding enormous numbers of those than mealworms but in any event, I have never seen an impaction...

What they said large tub screen lid. Moisture source lke a cap with paper towel or cotton balls to prevent drowning or washed greens for moisture ground dry food. They live just fine like that. Red runners are another option but dont let them looose in your house you need to secure them well...

I have never had this problem in all the years I have grown mealworms and superworms but I read about it a lot. I keep the tubs open and do not add more than a small portion of vegetable at a time and let them eat that before adding more. Maybe the excess moisture in tubs is causing this? They...

I always have some that escaped out of dishes turning into flies in various cages, a few get loose not a big deal. However, I would use for caution with blue bottle fly maggots, you don't want too many of those pupating at once. I also had a curly wing housefly colony going for a while. The...

Mealworms I put in sterilite bins with the lid off. Get the cheap ones since you don't need a locking lid or much height. I grind non-medicated and diatomaceous earth free chicken feed (check labels) for the bedding in a coffee grinder, a small piece of vegetable for moisture replaced regularly...

Bait shop would not be my first choice. However, back in the early 90s I did buy them there because they were cheaper than pet stores. Since then I've found it is much cheaper to order via mail unless you only have a couple of reptiles that eat crickets.

If it will eat them (might have to wiggle it with long blunt end tweezers) they might be OK for a snack or emergency but personally I would use live insects.

I think the raccoons will not bother the greens but I hear they really like corn. I'd go with the little fence first cheap and easy to step over, then if you find deer or omnivorous mammals become a problem scale up from there. You may find they only bother certain types and you can cage those...

I've never really had issues with grain mites affecting my mealworms. I keep them in open top tubs so moisture doesn't build up in there, that may be why. For a substrate I use non-medicated and diatomaceous earth free chicken layer mash (read the label, sometimes things change). If you want...

I have good luck growing greens. The only thing I needed was a knee high fence to keep the rabbits out. I'm sure they could get over the tiny fences I've used if they wanted to but they don't seem to bother. Other stuff like watermelon takes a long time to grow. I tried to grow carrots but it...

I was picking some tomatos a few days ago and saw a wild hornworm on the tomato plant... not sure where it came from I never saw eggs and only 1 found. Hopefully you get eggs!

Order from someplace closer not halfway across the country and have them held for pickup. Between those two things you shouldn't have any issues.

Coffee grinder is great because it makes a fine powder that your you can sift mealworms out of, etc, but a lot of them are small so yes you have to go cup by cup. Depending on how many bugs you have it may be wise to infest in a larger grinder. For a single colony of roaches, a small grinder...

I tried to replace crickets with red runners a while back but I was not satisfied with the results. They have a higher tendency to hide under things and avoid capture than crickets and sometimes would develop to too large of a size before they were caught by the lizards. Disposing of things like...

Keep cricket eggs warm and they hatch pretty fast and more successfully. Most times I had eggs fail it was when they were kept cooler.

The best silent cricket is a roach I fear. Having said that, unless you have a large number of adults you shouldn't have much noise and you could feed the males off first if you have patience to sort them out

Now what I find interesting is I read an article that said a lot of the honey in US supermarkets is from China and very bad quality sometimes with dangerous chemicals even. Has anyone tried purchasing honey from local beekeepers so you know it's real honey and safe? I wonder how much more...