Having trouble hatching your stick insect eggs. Sometimes you only have to be patient because stick insect eggs can take months or even a year before they hatch, depending on the species. However, there are some ways to increase the hatching success. That is the topic we discuss in this article. To increase the hatching…
Fruit flies are the perfect food source for many exotic pets. You can feed frogs, (young) mantises, small spiders, and many other amphibians and reptiles with fruit flies. They make the perfect food source, not only nutritional but also to stimulate hunting behaviours. You can buy fruit flies in specialized pet shops or at the…
Superworms are popular feeder insects that you can use to feed many different pets, like reptiles, amphibians, hedgehogs, rodents, tarantulas, and praying mantises. In many countries, superworms — also called Morio worms or king worms in some countries — are rather cheap food as well. But it is not always that easy to have them…
‘Love to death’ gets a whole new meaning when you look at mating praying mantises. Males risk their life to mate with a female. This phenomenon is also called sexual cannibalism, also seen in some species of spiders, scorpions and octopuses, and is a well-known risk when you try to breed praying mantises. When keeping…
White springtails (Collembola sp.) are useful insects and a great addition to a nutritious diet for small frogs, fish, small geckos and other small insectivores. Alongside being a proper food source, springtails are also very useful as a clean-up crew and can be the janitors of your terrarium, vivarium or paludarium. Springtails are detritivores which…
You have bought or found the first eggs of your stick insect and wondering how long it takes before you see little nymph stick insects crawl in your enclosure. Because stick insects don’t have a very long lifespan and you want to keep enjoying the presence of your pet stick insects, it would be good…
You may find a newborn nymph that still has its eggshell on his back or one of its leg. I have seen it sometimes occur with the stick insects I care for. However, what should you do when you find a nymph that has still its eggshell stuck on its body and dragging around the…
Dubia roaches are very popular feeder insects. These roaches, also called Guyana orange spotted cockroaches, make an excellent food source. They are nutritious, large-sized and very well accepted by most animals. You can buy them from many suppliers, and they can often deliver them in large and constant quantities. However, have you ever considered breeding…
Crickets are maybe the most common and most popular feeder insect there is. They are nutritious, easy to feed and eaten by many animals like bugs, reptiles and amphibians. If you are tired of visiting the pet store regular to buy more crickets, maybe you should consider breeding your own In this article, we focus…
Feeder insects are essential for many bug species kept as pets. There are many different feeder insects available, such as crickets, cockroaches, mealworms, superworms, fruit flies, to name a few. Locusts are a perfect feeder insect to add to the list. They are the largest live feeder insect, and it provides excellent nutrition to the…
