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Apple day for the bugs! Fresh from the yard!
I personally don't dare feed them store bought organic. A lot of reasons but primarily because of cross contamination and me just not trusting myself to clean it enough or willing to take a risk for something that's just a treat.
Video of the dubias roaches munching on an apple slice in 4k lol. Listen to them crunch!!
Bananba
Gave the kids some apples today :)
Buggies got some good squash meals today! All grown myself too :)
Male MHC clutching a little piece of squash flesh, didn't want to risk loosing it!
And the other detritivores got a great treat out of it too!
The ants today all largely got their last meals before hibernation, going to be tucking the lot of them into the fridge in the next couple of days here.
Still on the fence with the C. Subarbatus colony, I have them reduced down to just a testtube and they have shown 0 interest in the protein I've offered, I might try a mealworm in a couple days to see if they would prefer that instead.
The other day I got to see one of my Dubias shortly after a molt. It's a dude! Roaches are just beautiful when they're freshly molted, they regain their natural color as their exoskeleton hardens.
Got some new bins to work on moving some isopod cultures into new fresh set ups. Currently working on moving the dairy cows since their bin is like pure frass
Made a little pitfall trap to catch the rest hiding in the bin since I forgot to get a sieve... It's working pretty well though!
I also decided last minute to instead of giving the bin to the Zebras to try and make a dubia roach culture
Originally bought them as feeders for the ants but ahg, they're cute and would save me money. I might go back and get a few adults or just let these guys grow and do their thing 🤷
At the moment I have them set up like I do my isopods, gonna see how that works out.
I was a little apprehensive to trying to keep these guys before since they do require heating, literally won't reproduce if it's below 68f and my room is usually around 64-65f... So I'm gonna try putting them on top of my snakes tank near the heater and see if that works well. But first the lid is a little warped so I'm weighing it down with other bins and I have a fan on their ventilation since it's probably too humid in there.
