Ok now settling on species of feeders...

[Andee]

Ok now that I know my space etc available I will be setting up my list of feeders to raise in the future. I want people to look at this and offer possibilities of only feeders for now.


I have set aside at least 200 feet for random none feeder insects.

So I start out with close to 900 feet of space right now because of what the current insects already take over (all this is under estimations).

Crickets (purely 4-5 feet is given to them)
Roaches I want to add
-discoids (?) Another 3-4 feet
-orange heads(?) 3-4 feet
-Surinam roaches 2-3 feet
-oriental roaches or Kenyan 2-3 feet
-glow spot roaches 3-4 feet
And then repopulating my Green banana roaches.

If I don't get discoids I will get orange heads and vice versa.

I will be adding another couple enclosures for silk worm farming likely which will be something like another

Silkworms-8 feet in total

BSFL- not sure yet let's say 3 feet just too be sure

Mantids I plan to do on and off and plan to give around 5 ft

What else do you guys want? I am a bit tired so brain not that great at making list yet. Still around 850 feet.

 

[Andee]

Ok plan to also get another group of phasmids

(one for feeders and likely one for just fun) there will be a minimum of 4 feet given to these new guys.

Anyone else? Any other wants/needs?

I currently raise; dubias, giant canyon isopods, vietnamese stick insects, several different types of cleaners, super worms, I feel like I am forgetting something but yeah XD....

 

[Angelwolf]

Ok plan to also get another group of phasmids

(one for feeders and likely one for just fun) there will be a minimum of 4 feet given to these new guys.

Anyone else? Any other wants/needs?

I currently raise; dubias, giant canyon isopods, vietnamese stick insects, several different types of cleaners, super worms, I feel like I am forgetting something but yeah XD....

Sounds like quite the bug buffet, already!

 

[Virgil1972]

I think some species of small moth would be cool. Ones that are about the size of a quarter. A cham would probably have quite a bit of enrichment from catching a few of those, and a good about of exercise.

 

[Andee]

I feel like I need more though that may be because I am obsessed myself XD

 

[Andee]

*frowns* if I can keep it out of sight I can likely do it... but I don't know any species like that, that are easy to raise in captivity that aren't pest species as far as attracted to grains etc.... other than wax worm moths?... and what I am most worried about with those is if any get loose at all on like accident what could happen to bee populations?

 

[Virgil1972]

It don't have to be an easy species.

 

[jannb]

That's allot of roaches.

How about hornworms?

 

[Andee]

Sorry Jann, hornworms are a definite no, those are too big of a moth fiance has a phobia of moths, I can only do the smaller guys because of the ability to hide them so easily... plus I hate the smell of hornworm chow *gags*

 

[Andee]

*looks up smaller moth species*

 

[Andee]

I mean "easy" as I can buy the original group from someone and raise them myself.... I don't know of anyone who does stuff like that... or anyone who will ship to Cali

 

[Virgil1972]

Someone has to be the first.

 

[Andee]

XD lmao give me an hour or so and see what I can come up with ^^

 

[etclement]

Have you thought about red goblins or pallid?

 

[Andee]

I don't like Paratemnopteryx couloniana because of the amount of spikes that adults carry on their legs. And pallid roaches are known for escaping well, which though they are not an infesting species in most climates I do not like the fact that I could lose a large amount of my colony without realizing it right away.... I don't usually use slick barriers as far as vaseline with my climbers and instead use gasket bins for my own reasons and how I feel about raising my species.

Can pallids be kept within a gasket enclosure without issue? Why would you prefer pallids to surinams? or orientals?

 

[Andee]

I think some species of small moth would be cool. Ones that are about the size of a quarter. A cham would probably have quite a bit of enrichment from catching a few of those, and a good about of exercise.

I could do woolly bears technically... as a moth they don't get larger than around 2 and a half inches but that's the high end of the average. And they are completely edible as moths, as caterpillars they aren't poisonous but are very furry and though the hairs show no sign of being able to cause intoxication or irritation I can't imagine swallowing one of those would be fun

 

[Virgil1972]

I could do woolly bears technically... as a moth they don't get larger than around 2 and a half inches but that's the high end of the average. And they are completely edible as moths, as caterpillars they aren't poisonous but are very furry and though the hairs show no sign of being able to cause intoxication or irritation I can't imagine swallowing one of those would be fun

Woolly bears sound like a beast of a moth.

 

[Andee]

they aren't huge XD, 2 inches is their wingspan

 

[Andee]

They look around the same size of a silk worm moth, just larger wings because they actually use them

 

[Andee]

Thought you guys would enjoy seeing how much the wild silk worm hybridization has affected my silks in general. All their cocoons are either pale yellow or deep gold