If you can find a better way to harvest the nymphs it's worthwhile for a couple of reasons. The obvious reason of course being if you need really small feeders, but on the opposite side of the nymph size spectrum; the subadult nymphs are significantly chunkier/meatier than the adults, so...
I'm very pleased with my banana roach colony as feeders for my tarantula slings! They are very soft and don't seem to have any ability to really injure my baby t's. I use the very small males for my smaller slings and the bigger fatter females for the larger ones.
The main downside I've found...
I've had half a dozen domino roach nymphs living in the substrate of my bioactive tank for a few months now and one has finally emerged as an adult!!
I held it, though it was not a willing participant 😅😭 They are surprisingly chunky! I expected it to be lighter and more fragile feeling than it was.
100% agree on the price, not a rational decision on my part. Purely an emotion based buy during a moment of weakness. 😅💸 But now I have them, and they are my newest children 😤
Big exception is if you have a consistently wet area, like around a leaky hot water heater or something. I used to work in a dog food & livestock feed warehouse, and there was a badly leaky water heater where ungodly amounts of them had setup shop. Between unlimited high protein feed, consistent...
My main strategy is to take 178 photos, delete 175, and post the ones that came out best 😅 that and the Google Pixel 8 Pro takes pretty good macro shots for a phone. Great low light shots, too. I'm a pixel fanboy for sure.
I like Cubaris murina for moist temperature and tropical setups, but you don't get to see them out and about very often. Armadillidium maculatum and vulgare are better for CUC with more visual appeal, but they appreciate slightly drier conditions with more airflow than Cubaris murina & since...