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I've not bred any waxmoths lately so I put a dozen out in a cup to pupate. Good thing I moved them into the breeding container yesterday because I have 4 moths so far.

Does anyone have pics of a commercial harnworm breeding facility. I'd love to see how they do it on a mass scale and how they tend to the moth to get more production out of them.

Hold for pickup will work well. I just had hornworms, spikes, waxworms, and mealworms shipped from Rainbow to the east coast and not a single dead feeder

No, they can't eat their way out of a living reptile. Occasionally, I did see black soldier fly larva in salamander poop, not living but the other "shell" had not been fully digested but the internal material had been. My gut instinct is that some insects are more "chewed" up than others and...

In nature they would eat a big variety of insects so we are trying to recreate at least some variety in captivity, too. The problem originally was people fed insects that were raised only on bran, used improper lighting, and didn't properly supplement their reptiles all of these things led to...

I use a non-medicated chick feed and add a few greens or other vegetables for moisture, just don't add too many vegetables/greens at once you don't want the substrate to get damp and mold., I usually add a very small amount that is gone within an hour or two.

My experience is most lizard species in general do well with crickets but they should be gutloaded and supplements used. I feed a little bit of everything but crickets and roaches are what I feed the most of.

I use non-medicated chick feed and fresh, well washed veggies... basically the same kind of veggies recommended for tortoises or iguanas. I do use superload on a semi regular basis but only for the final 48 hours before feeding them off as it is quite expensive.

I WISH horn worms were easier to mass produce. A lot of my reptiles like them and they get good size but the cost means they will just remain a snack. I wonder if you could breed them outside during good weather in cages?

I read that blog before too. I wonder what ever happened to her, I wish she wrote more bug guides

Most feeder lizards offered for sale are wild caught and held in places with lots of other reptiles. Could be loaded with any number of parasites. I think it is a very bad idea.

Several studies have been done on gutloading common insects, it takes about 48 hours for the insects to reach ideal gutloading capacity. Some of the gutloads are thought to hinder normal development which is why they suggest feeding the high calcium gutloaded insects separately than your main batch

I was terrified of roaches at first. It took me about 6 months to not be absolutely horrified by them but they don't bother me now. The crickets just remind me of camping.

They are generally pretty easy to breed. For some reason the last batch I had died off though, not sure if it was temperature, low humidity, or possibly some kind of disease but outside of that unfortunate incident they had been extremely easy to breed. I usually grow them in ground whole grain...

How do you know it has parasites and which species?

I have loose dubias in my house pretty often. They don't breed well inside your house just running around. I wouldn't worry too much. Mine didn't get loose from the cages, the smallest sizes got out of the bins

I've had mass die offs of crickets only when there is a lack of ventilation or excessive moisture

No need to worry about your health. If you want to be extra careful wear a mask when you clean the frass out of the bin as it can get dusty. No one single feeder should be used exclusively for lizards, feed crix, dubia, bsfl, superworms, hornworms, etc, and keep varying it up.

escaped crix won't hurt anything. They get loose in my house all the time, they just die off

I've had small ones escape. Some of the plastic bins are not as slick as others and they get dusty over time making them easier to climb. Get tall bins to keep egg flats away from the lid, wipe them down from time to time, and you'll be fine. Escaped dubias aren't going to breed like German...