Livefoods Careguides:- Black crix, "Silent" crix, Dubia and Blaberus roaches

[ladybird]

Originally Posted by Pythonman14

intresting thanks for correcting me im always willing to learn more so can you share any more info on how to breed them?

All I know is that the larvae eat food waste, such as kitchen scraps, pupate then turn into black soldier flies. The adults purpose is to mate and lay eggs, they don't even have mouths to eat. I'm not sure how you get the adults to mate and lay eggs in captivity though.

Question for crickets again. Are you sure potatoes and carrots provide enough moisture? How many days can I leave the slices in there before they become too dry?

[Saedcantas]

Originally Posted by ladybird

All I know is that the larvae eat food waste, such as kitchen scraps, pupate then turn into black soldier flies. The adults purpose is to mate and lay eggs, they don't even have mouths to eat. I'm not sure how you get the adults to mate and lay eggs in captivity though.

Question for crickets again. Are you sure potatoes and carrots provide enough moisture? How many days can I leave the slices in there before they become too dry?

Hiya Lady,

I can't give a definitive answer on a sex ratio, but then if you order a bulk bag which you would be if you intended to breed surely? You're going to get rather a lot of both! I'm sure the boys can put it about a bit tho, they outlive the females so are around to sort plenty of them out

Potatoes, carrots and oranges are changed daily in the large scale breeding room anyway, so fresh daily they certainly provide enough moisture. At home I change mine every 3 days and have no problems there either
I do put perhaps a large amount of fresh foods in though, it all depends on how much you put in I guess as to how much it hydrates them initially.

[ladybird]

Cheers... do you have any info on how many eggs they lay per day (for both cricket species)?

[The Roach Hut]

Originally Posted by ladybird

All I know is that the larvae eat food waste, such as kitchen scraps, pupate then turn into black soldier flies. The adults purpose is to mate and lay eggs, they don't even have mouths to eat. I'm not sure how you get the adults to mate and lay eggs in captivity though.

Question for crickets again. Are you sure potatoes and carrots provide enough moisture? How many days can I leave the slices in there before they become too dry?

take it out after 2 days max always better to get rid after 1 day though u dont want mould growin

[LoveForLizards]

If anybody is interested in phoenix worms/black soldier flys then let me know and I will put up a breeding caresheet they are pretty easy to breed.

[ladybird]

Originally Posted by LoveForLizards

If anybody is interested in phoenix worms/black soldier flys then let me know and I will put up a breeding caresheet they are pretty easy to breed.

yes we're all interested in a care sheet for them. Please!

[LoveForLizards]

Originally Posted by ladybird

yes we're all interested in a care sheet for them. Please!

Posted!

[ladybird]

How do you keep humidity up for the small crickets, I mean after the egg box is taken out?

[LoveForLizards]

Originally Posted by ladybird

How do you keep humidity up for the small crickets, I mean after the egg box is taken out?

Bag/cup of water crystals. Just add a teaspoon of crystals or take a tea spoon from it as you need to.

[Saedcantas]

As it says in the sheet

Humidity is a killer, you don't need to keep it up, the small crix will find microclimates (at the very bottom of the tub between the plastic and first egg cartons is a fave) to shed without issues, you'll also find them congregating beneath slices of fresh food in pockets of humidity.



One of your earlier questions;
How many eggs does a female lay in a day?

Utterly impossible for me to give an answer to that one, I can't see their ovipositors poked that 1cm down in the laying box to see how many eggs they pop out at a time

Lotte***