How to breed Locusts

[Jim2109]

not sure on the specifics of what people have done in captivity, but in the wild locust multiply 10-16 fold between generations. so id guess youll end up with somewhere between 10 and 16 times the number of adults you started with on the first breeding. however in captivity id imagine conditions are better and risks are removed so they might breed in larger quantities

[Danny Action1]

Im thinking of breeding my own locusts i have spare plastic tank (faun) the one with 2 entrys on the top lid. Do you think they will last in there??? and was thinknig of placing that over the hot end of my bearded dragon tank on the outside and just use the natural light in my bedroom do you think they will breed???? The ceramic does pump some heat out through the wooden viv and my room is light

Cheers Danny

[Nihlus]

Looking at starting to breed these for my leopard gecko and bearded dragon(once i get it) and i am wondering if locust do ok in the plastic/Rubbermaid containers?

[forteh]

Yes as long as you have plenty of ventilation, humidity kills them very quickly

[Girlie]

Very interesting..... may consider this option, my beardies are 'picky' eaters and prefer locusts, only one of them likes crickets

[swift_wraith]

why the removal of the babies? do the adults eat them?

[Jim2109]

Originally Posted by swift_wraith

why the removal of the babies? do the adults eat them?

no, they are just hard to harvest when they are hiding among a load of adults that flap around as soon as you stick your hand in.

i was seperating mine initially, but they mostly died off being kept in a kricket keeper, they were having trouble shedding properly. i keep all the babies in with the adults now and feed them off as and when. any that dont get fed and get too big will become the next group of adults.

[crazycham]

Wow, all this info is great. I'm definatley going to try this, as so many people have said, it's just so expensive buying locusts from the shop. My cham is only on 3-4's but he goes through like 10-15 a day! So this is a fantastic solution.

When i start breeding I'll keep ya posted.

CX

[bosc2009]

hi there, ive got a bosc monitor and he costs me a fortune in locust so I have just started breeding locust using your methods how long does it take for the adults to start laying eggs?

[dan.hobley]

i tried to breed, had like 23 adults..many were mating but i never saw any of them lay (didnt miss them either) no eggs were laid and no hatchlings born to date!! bad time.maybe due to only having a heat bulb on and no heat meats...?