Easy insects to raise?

[littleindiangirl]

Still no super worms, just my 3 little beetles. I have no clue what I'm doing wrong here, but I'm apparently just not a bug person.

Betta, what kind of crystal do you use, I am a total noob when it comes to insects. I dont like the mold that comes around with the potatoes and carrots I give.

[MarkS]

http://www.watergelcrystals.com/order.htm

I got a couple of pounds of this stuff about half a year ago and have hardly used any so far. It lasts a long time.

[littleindiangirl]

Well, I'm down to one beetle, and still no more worms. As far as I can tell, my female passed away this weekend. Sad to see her go. I guess we'll see about those orange heads as super beetles are totally bust.

[dsirkle]

Ahh thanks for the info! I'm not yet decided what I'm going to do. I made a nice tub set up of half oatmeal/ half chicken feed and threw the super worms in there. If they breed, awesome. If not, I might go for the roach set up.

I attempted to put them in the snake room where it's right around 80. The potatoes molded up in one day. That sucks... I don't know how to give them moisture if I can't do potatoes.

I have found that big fat carrots are inexpensive long lasting and just dry up as opposed to rotting.

[MelissaFlipski]

Mealworms and Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches! All the way!