fusca), and order in butterworms, hornworms, and silkworms as often as I can. I currently keep crickets, superworms, and roaches ( P.
For my crickets I use ones much larger, so they cannot jump out if the lid is off. For many of them I use bins that are twice as big as a plastic shoe box and this works well. This blog will not go into detain on how to breed each species specifically, but I will provide a quick overview of what it means to keep insects. I prefer to keep all of my insects in plastic bins, with varying sizes depending on the insect and how many I'm keeping. Side, so the bugs can breathe but can't get out.Īs gross as it seems for many, myself included, buying in bulk orders and breeding as many insects as you can will save you money (sometimes a lot of money), ensures that you know the quality of the food/environment of your feeders, and allows you to always have a supply of feeders in the house. These are good example "bug bins." I cut out largeĪir holes and hot-glue window screen to the under. They grow very big very quickly! They are a And a few months later you find that you have a closet lined with plastic bins where you keep and breed various insects for your pets!īlue hornworms come in a cup with pre-prepared food and will require no additionalĬare except emptying their poop. But the successful keeping of any animal depends on a varied diet to be well-rounded and healthy, so buying only crickets simply won't do. This isn't something most of us are thrilled with, but after buying crickets at a dollar a dozen for weeks and finding that you're spending $30 a month on only 300 crickets you realize that it makes a lot more sense to order them in bulks of 500-1000 for less or about the same money online. An unexpected bi-product of chameleon keeping (and indeed, most reptile keeping) is suddenly finding that you're keeping all the things you never wanted to have in the house, on purpose and what's worse - breeding them! Of course I mean insects.
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