Isn’t it lovely to see beautiful butterflies fluttering through the garden, buzzing bees on the flowers and ladybugs crawling between the plants? Insect populations are dropping quickly, with dramatic consequences for our biodiversity. With simple things, we can make our gardens a much nicer place for insects. In this article, I will discuss 9 practical…
All stick insects and leaf insects are herbivorous, which means they only eat plant material. But phasmids don’t eat every plant, and they can be quite particular about which plant they accept and which not. Some accept multiple types of plant food sources, while others only eat the leaves of one or two plants. Bramble…
What to feed dubia roaches. It sounds like an easy question, right? Well, if you found this article, you probably still have some questions left about what and how to feed dubia roaches. Keeping dubia roaches alive is one thing; how to keep them healthy or make them a healthy and nutritional feeder insect is…
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…
Millipedes are popular pets. They propel their long tubed body with their many legs, always in search to munch on decaying organic material. These animals are perfect pets for kids. If you are careful, you can let them walk on your hand. But for most of the time, they will be in their own optimized…
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…
Do tarantulas drink water? There are many viewpoints on the subject of providing water for tarantulas. This can lead to confusion, and with some misinformation and myths out there, it can be difficult for new tarantula keepers to know how to hydrate your tarantula. To help new tarantula keepers better understand all about this topic,…
Beetle Jelly is the ultimate treat for many fruit eating bug pets or feeding insects. Although it is developed primarily for beetles, it is a treat for many others. Nowadays there is a large variety of different tastes and colours. It is almost sold the same way as dog treats. And it is not cheap…
A praying mantis enclosure is rather easy to set up. Mantises are great pets because they are easy to keep and don’t have high requirements. But, you still need to think of some essentials to keep your praying mantis happy and healthy. If your praying mantis has an enclosure that is not suitable, you get…
Feeder locusts are a great food for many different animals. Pet animals such as bearded dragons and other reptiles, but also tarantulas and praying mantis just love locusts as food. Locusts can be bought at many exotic pet shops. However, many have experienced they quickly die and are useless to feed anymore. In this article,…
