Silkworms Vs. Dubia

[SuperRad]

So after i ran out of this 500 or so batch of crickets, i plan on switching my chams staple diet. Either Dubia's or Silkworms

Full grown cricks are too loud and decided i wanted to change
Is there any benefit between the two?
Which are easier to take care of?
Which one breeds faster?
Which ones would be more suitable for my chams? (i have a 1 yr jackson, 2 - 3 month veileds
If i go roaches i'd have to convince my wife to let me get some.

 

[lonomac]

do both they're both easy

 

[dodolah]

see the response in red:

So after i ran out of this 500 or so batch of crickets, i plan on switching my chams staple diet. Either Dubia's or Silkworms

Full grown cricks are too loud and decided i wanted to change
Is there any benefit between the two? doesn't know so much about dubia. but i know for sure that silkies are very nutritious and since they eat 24/7 no worries of gutloading couple of hours be4 feeding time
Which are easier to take care of? I say dubia. If you have the silky pod, it pretty much just stick the pod in the closet (as they hate sunlight) and take some out when you need them to be fed to your chameleon. occasionally, clean the frass (poop) by tapping the pod. I suggest using a tweezer to pick the silkies. They are extremely weak creature. If your hands happened to be contaminated with bacterias.. you can be sure that your colony will be dead one by one. So, keep the alcohol hand sanitizer handy if you planning to just handpick this creature.

Which one breeds faster? nobody breeds faster than roaches.. lol well, except a single cell organism.
Which ones would be more suitable for my chams? (i have a 1 yr jackson, 2 - 3 month veileds
If i go roaches i'd have to convince my wife to let me get some.cool thing about silkies: they're very clean animals, as their immunity toward bacteria and mold is pretty much none. can't run, can't hide, definitely can't fly.. and to my understanding, even the moth can't fly (somebody correct me if i'm wrong here). and i'm pretty sure your wife would rather see silkies around the house than roaches . but, i'm biased toward roaches, though i hate them.

 

[bg77]

I tried breeding silkworms with no luck. But I had light on them. I did not know they did not like light, maybe that was the problem. I am going to try roaches next. I want to have maybe roaches for a staple then silkies and crickets every now and then.

 

[Jeweledchameleons]

Q: Full grown cricks are too loud and decided i wanted to change
A: Buy 4-5 week old insects they're not yet mature and don't chirp

Q: Is there any benefit between the two?
A: yes, they're different both have advantages but I find that most like silkies better (that is until they get tired of them)

Q: Which are easier to take care of?
A: Dubia

Q: Which one breeds faster?
A: silkies have the greater reproduction rate between the two
but roaches tend to be much harder to kill.

Q:Which ones would be more suitable for my chams? (i have a 1 yr jackson, 2 - 3 month veileds
A: a mixture of both is best.

Q: If i go roaches i'd have to convince my wife to let me get some.
A: Tell her that they're papaya beetles and not roaches.
Dubia cannot survive in the home, unless you've got some serious cleaning problems already.
(In which case... a few dubia should be the least of your worries).
It's an irrational fear that people can get over with a bit of personal knowledge.. They're "safe" insects to keep.

 

[dodolah]

I tried breeding silkworms with no luck. But I had light on them. I did not know they did not like light, maybe that was the problem. I am going to try roaches next. I want to have maybe roaches for a staple then silkies and crickets every now and then.

Sunlight in particular.

 

[bg77]

It was not a sunlight, just a clamp light for heat.

 

[dodolah]

It was not a sunlight, just a clamp light for heat.

i'm not sure whether the clamp light has anything to do with your silkies not breeding... i use the night light basking lamp (that's only because my clamplight is used for the chams..