Leos, Crickets and Mealworms...

[piranhaking]

I second the dubias over crickets. I was stuck with the crickets for a few weeks, but the dubias are here now . I also agree, they have very little interest in anything not moving, to the point that sometimes if a cricket stops moving, mine quits payin attention. I doubt the freeze dried would work unless you held them and move them with tweezers or something.

[redstormlax12]

Go with Blatta lateralis aka Turkistan roaches. They are the size of a cricket full grown, prolific breeders, cannot climb smooth surfaces, no smell, no noise. Basically all the advantages of roaches. Dubia roaches are slow breeders and it can take months to get a good colony going, and the initial cost can get pretty pricy compared to the extreme inexpensive turks. And when you have leos why do you want huge roaches? Id rather not have to sift through the colony to get the right sized prey.

[AkHerps]

I have both blatta lateralis and dubias, they are both awesome! I hate crickets, and mealworms are not a very good staple for most reptiles as they have a higher shell to meat ratio. Most leo's also will not eat things that are dead and not moving around. They are quite the great little hunters

I found a site that sells a thousand turks for under 20 bucks. It's the cheapest I've found. Although now I breed Turks and Dubias, but it was good to start a colony with.

[hunter94]

I would rather just get Meal Worms as a staple and make sure they have a good amount of supplements on them.