Paulie Bleeker
Second Instar
has anyone tried these as feeders? do they reproduce quick/easily enough to make sense to use as a feeder?
Eupolyphaga sinensis
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Salmonsaladsandwich
Eleventh Instar
If those dried ones used as medicine are farmed rather than harvested I imagine so...
Well they take a year or two to mature, so they are probably not the best feeder. They're better suited for pets, not pet food.
Aphaenogaster
Third Instar
I suspect that they are wild-harvested, as with many components of traditional Eastern medicine.
Kyle sells captive bred ones.
Forcep
Fourth Instar
Eupolyphaga sinensis for medical use are mostly captive-bred. Mass breeding of this species is easy and cheap so there's no reason for wild collecting.
Personally I'm not a follower of traditional Asian med; but just like other markets what they're looking for is profit. If captive breeding makes profits people will do it.
They (Chinese) indeed breed these roaches en mass. There are in fact a lot of patent description available that describe methods to breed them.
The English translation isn't particularly good (rather abysmal), but it contains a well of information:
breeding patent
eggs hatching method
And there are many more....
The English translation isn't particularly good (rather abysmal), but it contains a well of information:
breeding patent
eggs hatching method
And there are many more....
Nicolas Rousseaux
Seventh Instar
Hello,
I guess it's possible, but they are not the best feeders... Slow growers, it will require a lot of space to breed them if you want to constantly have preys for your animals.
They are good producers (I have a colony of 600-1000 of them), but the colony is big due to the fact I keep most of them...
I guess it's possible, but they are not the best feeders... Slow growers, it will require a lot of space to breed them if you want to constantly have preys for your animals.
They are good producers (I have a colony of 600-1000 of them), but the colony is big due to the fact I keep most of them...