Best place to buy loctus
- Thread starter Rango183
- Start date
GabeCastro
Established Member
I've been on the hunt for some aswell...But they're illegal to sell in the states because locust are considered "pests".
Not sure though, if you do find a site please let me know
Check out this thread:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/where-buy-locusts-us-37796/
Not sure though, if you do find a site please let me know
Check out this thread:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/where-buy-locusts-us-37796/
SarahcoadunatioZac
New Member
You'd have to check the laws, possibly okay to breed and 'gift' them or you may need a license simply to breed. If you're really interested in it, catch some locust and breed yourself.
Texas Panther Man
New Member
Probably not gonna find many locust or hoppers in the Bronx.
Go to the feeder forums and place a wanted ad. Someone might have a few that they could gift to you to start a colony.
Go to the feeder forums and place a wanted ad. Someone might have a few that they could gift to you to start a colony.
drcrossfire
Avid Member
and they taste great!
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
It is dubias that are illegal here in Canada by what I hear. I was hoping to breed some, but I guess that is out of the question.
and yet very commonly used, and sold, in canada
You are supposed to have a license for tropical roaches, but that doesnt stop many people. Just means you are unlikely to see them posted for sale publically.
Check with local forum members, or join your local reptile club, spider club, bug club, frog clug,....try local for sale sites (like "usedeverywhere.com)
Motherlode Chameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
No one in North America are breeding these commercially on a large scale. However there are about a half a dozen breeding them privately.
I've been on the hunt for some aswell...But they're illegal to sell in the states because locust are considered "pests".
Not sure though, if you do find a site please let me know
Check out this thread:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/where-buy-locusts-us-37796/
If you are going to sell Grasshoppers in state they require a State Agricultural Department permits. I actually currently have got a permit to ship two species of Schistocerca through out California until 2014. However I only have time to maintain colonies back home on the weekends and am by no means at a production level. This year I only shipped out one batch.
They are only illegal if you have not got a State or Federal Agricultural permit. If you have got one of those you can ship. I applied for permits to ship to Florida and Texas this year. My response from Florida was a definite no go. While the state of Texas (which I think the two species I'm working with are native too) asked me to resubmit the application (they lost an officially processed application) and I still have not heard back.
No one on the commercial level however we are finally working towards that direction.
The best way to circumvent the system is to collect hoppers yourself and start breeding a colony on your own.
If you can find someone with the supply and permits then it is OK to ship through the state or across the state lines. Still I think the best way is to collect locally abundant native hoppers and start a colony of your own. I have mentioned this to some ecology and entomology professors here at UC Davis and the anomaly that most feeder insects are not native species and are legitimate threat as becoming established invasive species is a big deal. This idea of breeding native species as feeders is a solution to this problem.
Except for a chameleon eating a grasshopper compared to a roach is similar to having dinner at Taco Bell compared to the Four Seasons
.
Last edited:
Dr O
Veterinarian
and are much healthier! if roaches are the vegetables, crickets are the French fries.
Digby Rigby
Member
We have found various species of katydids to be well received, even the occaisional dragonfly.
I mention the katydids in reply to the above quote. If you need something fast moving like say crickets, Blatta lateralis roaches could be good for you. if you need something thats a guaranteed hit for finicky eaters(as long as they are otherwise healthy) Panchlora nivea green banana cockroaches.
Another insect that I particularly found interesting was a native USA species someone was using for a long time. I do not remember the species but it wa big dark and it did not chirp. he had a colony for at least 6 years. They got bigger than store bought crickets. I would use them sometimes with good results. They did not have the negatives that Acheta domesticus have.
Native Phasmids aka leaf and stick insects are also good, along with mantids.
Similar threads
