Recent content by jared

Hey peeps, I'm getting back into the invert hobby and I'm looking to buy some established colonies to act as CUC in some vivariums. I'm looking for: -High count of temperate silver springtails -About 100 porcellio of any species (scaber or laevis preferred) Cheers!

Roaches -Halloween hissers (Elliptorhina Javanica) subadults ~~~ $4 each -Normal hybrid hissers (Gromphadorhina portentosa) adult ~~~ $1 each Isopods -Dwarf white isopods (Trichorhina tomentosa) ~~~ 24 for $5 -Porcellio laevis normal/white/orange - $1 each Arachnids -Bold jumping...

Ordered green banana roaches (P. nivea) sp 'regular' and 'giant'. Fast communication and specimens arrived very professionally packaged. Two births in transit means I got a hefty over count. :P

Hey all, I gathered three new species while in new england. I've got about a dozen Oniscus asellus, a single gravid P. Muscorum, and a single gravid T. Rathkii. RIght now they're in baby food jars with ventilation, carrot, leaves, and soil, and I was wondering if they would be ok to take on a...

Has anyone on this forum ever cooked and eaten invertabrates, or grown them for the purpose of being a food source? SInce I entered the hobby I've been looking to farm species of isopods, roaches, and snails for food. It's an alternative source of protein I would really like to experiment with...

Hey, looking to start a colony of any panchlora sp. Let me know if you've got any available. Thanks, Jared

Hey, so my female javans dropped two ooths this week. Could it be residual stress from an ant infestation or the SoCal heatwave? I feed them dogfood, fish flakes, pond sticks, oranges, carrots, apples, and plenty of oak leaves. I only have 2 toilet paper rolls and 3 pieces of bark laid...

Hey folks, now that I have 3 genus of hisser I just wanted to make sure I hone all the humidity requirements of each. I have water crystals available in all my enclosures but I just want to make sure I'm keeping them in the best possible breeding environments. Gromphadorhina...

I left this weekend and came back to find all of my pet cockroach enclosures were infested with ants. I have many tailless whip scorpions as well that I do not want to fall victim to them while molting. What's the best way to stop ants from entering my enclosures? I have bug stop lining all of...

Hey guys, I recently added some bumblebee millipedes to my collection and I was wondering what a good staple diet for them was. I've been experimenting with different things with calcium sprinkled on them. They absolutely devoured the cucumber and butter lettuce I gave them, but they haven't...

Hey all, I need a few male tiger hissers to breed with my 6 mature females. I'm looking to buy 7 or 8 specimens total. I'd like at least 1 mature male and the rest subadults. Cheers, Jared

Hey, so I got a flightless fruit fly culture for my mantis nymph and he obviously doesn't eat that many of them. What other small or young inverts can I get besides T slings that will enjoy fffs?

Just got back from the LA County Museum of Natural History bug fair and traded for a shield mantis nymph. I've never owned a mantis before, but I tried my best to make a suitable enclosure. It immediately ate a fruit fly as soon as I rehoused it, and my question is, how often should I feed...

Hey guys, I've fallen in love with isopods lately and decided to draw my favorites. :D

So the springtail population in my hisser tanks have grown prolifically. At this point the tanks are overrun with them and all of the glass is covered with springtails. It's a real eyesore. Do you guys have any methods for euthanizing or rounding up excess springtails? Would introducing isopod...