Grasshopper success

[SSimsswiSS]

After what seems like a year, I had my first batch of eggs hatch.

 

[Texas Ranger]

Awesome. I am doing the same thing after many trys and waiting I have noticed that if you let them lay there eggs in sand and then put a heatpad under them they hatch and grow faster every other soil I have used they take like a month to hatch.Its like a week with wet sand.

 

[jannb]

You'll have some very happy chams.

 

[kfactor]

very cool

 

[ladysilkworm]

swiss always has some cool stuff!!

 

[Miss Lily]

Congrats! Free food is so satisfying - both for you and the chams!

 

[laurie]

Nice work on the hoppers. I am still light years behind you. But my mantids are growing right along.

 

[bigcappa]

Yeah nice work, your chams will def be happy!

 

[suzi]

Way to go Swiss!

 

[Todnedo]

I hatched some about 3 months ago.

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

Congratulations! I'm glad there were multiple successes hatching out the green bird grass hoppers I sent you guys. In the past it has not worked out.

 

[Action Jackson]

That's great. I wish I could find some adult as I'd like to give it a go. We went looking today with no luck.

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

After what seems like a year, I had my first batch of eggs hatch.

About nine months. That is about a year. Todnedo did it in about half that. Congratulations again though.

 

[seanUTD]

With all the bugs out there to by is there NO website that sells these guys?

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

They're not in season yet.

The group of giant American Bird Hoppers (Schistocera), there are many species and the best way/only way is to go hunting for them. For the most part there is at least one species that you can find across all of the lower 48 states. Wild colonies can be very tough to find and when you do over collecting can have negative effect on wild colonies.

 

[SSimsswiSS]

Thanks everybody!

Congratulations! I'm glad there were multiple successes hatching out the green bird grass hoppers I sent you guys. In the past it has not worked out.

Yes, I did'nt think I was going to hatch any out. But I'm slowly learning.

That's great. I wish I could find some adult as I'd like to give it a go. We went looking today with no luck.

I'll have to share some with you. I fed off all my adults before going on vacation to the parsons. So will have to build up stock again. I did find some other things in the garden today.

I should have a bumper crop of kaytdids, cabbage white worms, and hoppers this year.

 

[Action Jackson]

That would be great. I need more feeders. I'm powering through my roaches.

Thanks everybody!
Yes, I did'nt think I was going to hatch any out. But I'm slowly learning.
I'll have to share some with you. I fed off all my adults before going on vacation to the parsons. So will have to build up stock again. I did find some other things in the garden today.

I should have a bumper crop of kaytdids, cabbage white worms, and hoppers this year.

 

[seanUTD]

That sounds fun I love grasshoppers... I would pay for some adults to breed /: Though I guess I'll just wait for season and go hunting out in the country 0.0

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

That sounds fun I love grasshoppers... I would pay for some adults to breed /: Though I guess I'll just wait for season and go hunting out in the country 0.0

It is not fun! After work going through large areas of bramble with an abundance of snakes etc..for 2-3 hours in 100 F weather to catch 12-30 giant grasshopper gets old quick.

 

[Leroux2008]

awwww I think grasshoppers are little cuties <3 Congrats !