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Tleilaxu

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  1. Update, I added crix, and a few days later I found one with its head bitten off and partially chewed, though I dont know if the culprit is another cricket or perhaps one of the wasps, they are starting to get more active as well. The crix have their own food and water BTW.
  2. Update, they are very lethagrgic at this time and dont bother trying to feed them selves as far as I know, so I have been hand feeding them, which they seem to appriciate. Then after that they perk up. It could also be they are burning through the last of their fat reserves before wantring to eat on their own as well. I will try crix next week.
  3. Dont even try wasps within the genuses vespula and Dolichovespula until you have kept polistes wasps first. Bald faced hornets and other hornets do not adapt well to cages and generally die with in days. Vespa crabo is the one exception that I know. As for exotics none right now, though I am hoping I can get some species from FLA or Texas and wasps from latin America are moving up through those regions. I highly recommend you give wasp keeping a try.
  4. Well the reason I keep them is to learn as much as I can about their requirments in captivity so I can get more people to try and keep them. These animals are what I believe to be the next wave in the invert hobby, after all I dont remember centipedes and roaches being that popular 10 years ago so as you say they have quite the potential. They also have more personality than most inverts do as well, and can actually learn things over time, they are smart for insects. And lastly its fun and rewarding to educate people about them, especially when they find out you can keep them as pets with little chance of them stinging you. Also the solitary wasps are another great avenue that has yet to be explored, and some like the tarantula hawks are impressive. I will be trying to keep some solitary wasps this year. On a side note it may b ecoem nessesary for conservationists to keep certain species as they are threatened with habit loss and climate change, and having a basic framework down will greatly assist their efforts.
  5. I know at least five as of right now,(And another three that MIGHT attempt wasp keeping in the near future) unfortunetly since this aspect of the invert hobby is VERY new we only have a few converts. The stigma with these guys needs to be overcome before more people try to keep them.( I bet people back in the 50s did not think Tarantulas would become excedingly popular and look where we are at now)
  6. I woke up two of my dominulas for a twofold experiment. First of all I want to see if their hibernation period can be shortened without adverse affects on the wasps. Secondly I want to test out dominulas invasive nature and adaptability. The materials I used were 1 abandoned polistes fuscatus nest 2 dominula foundresses My goal is to see if they take over the old abanded nest and repair it or whether they atart from scratch. So far the wasps are not showing any adverse affects to being woken up so soon. Infact they have already eaten their first meal of honey, always a good sign. And they seem to like being around that nest, time will tell whether they use it or not. I will kepp you updated. By the way these are captive bred wasps, first generation removed from the wild.
  7. With the way my turtles beaks are growing I may have to do that, I have two false map turtles and one painted turtle, the map turtles main diet consists of mollusks and other hard shelled inverts, females. Males are more insectavorious. The painted turtle is a vegan.(When adult)
  8. Yeah thats what I thought about this beetle when I researched it. tityus is cool enough as it is and there are those triceritops beetles that can live for a year.
  9. Very nice but what about the surface area? Buckets are not very spacious IMO and I like to pamper my feeders.
  10. I already have the 10 gallon tank though anyways I will checkout that article. Are these roaches capable of flying? My mom would not be thrilled to kknow that they are being kept with no covers in plastic tubs.
  11. I would greatly appriciate pics of your enclosures for lateralis and lobster roaches. This way I can closely model mine after yours. Thanks very much.
  12. Because the roaches you mentioned are "cute" IMO. I like them too much.
  13. Can you mix lats and lobs without predation or cross breeding? Actually only the orange head that you suggested is too attracive. The other two I could step on and feel no remorse. Though I would put them to more productive uses. Is 10 gallon tank an acceptable container?
  14. What about lateralis? I am feeding wasps, turtles, and hornets BTW.
  15. I am new here obviously but anyways I hope to endear myself to this community, I currently do not keep pet roaches but may start a feeder colony. I may try rhino beetles next year. Anyways I enjoy rearing Polistes wasps(Paper wasps) and also have three turtles, two snakes, and one 10 year old cockatiel. I found this forum through Arachnoboards. hehehe
  16. I am interested in starting up my own feeder roach colony but I am unsure what roach I should use. Can someone please give me the roach that BEST falls with in the criteria I give. Also any hard won advice is welcome. Thanks! 1. Cannot climb glass 2. Breeds moderately fast 3. Is not fussy about tempuratures 4. Is not attractive... I dont want roaches that I will get attached to. 5. No "personality" For the same reason above. 6. Can live comforably in a ten gallon aquarium. 7. Is fairly soft bodied (for a roach)
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