Wingless fruitfly vs cricket size

[ThyTempest]

We are not feeding roaches yet , just asking in general. When/if we do get a colony of dubias going, the spider will be getting prekilled. Luckily, our little sling will eat just about anything, including a cricket molt I accidently put in.

[ThyTempest]

Well we have secured our supplier for our fruitfly cultures. We are going to try it out and hopefully our little sling will eat them.

[Clear]

I hope they will eat them for you! Dubias are a great roach and once you do get a colony going your love them.

[DMTWI]

I have two B. vagans and one A. purpurea sling which all eat the fruit flies and are growing just fine. They will also eat small pieces of little crics when the flies run out.

[asplundii]

What type of FF you getting? If you are worried about D. melanogaster being too small you might want to try D. hydei. They are a little bit larger and can also be gotten flightless (thought they still have wings.) I use them for my small Dendrobates. You might also want to consider bean beetles. Just a tad larger than D. hydei, really easy to propogate, prolific as all get out. Only disadvantage to them is they have a distinct cycle so once the adults die back you have 2 weeks or so before another flush. But with a little tweeking you can get cultures running at different speeds.

[ThyTempest]

What type of FF you getting? If you are worried about D. melanogaster being too small you might want to try D. hydei. They are a little bit larger and can also be gotten flightless (thought they still have wings.) I use them for my small Dendrobates. You might also want to consider bean beetles. Just a tad larger than D. hydei, really easy to propogate, prolific as all get out. Only disadvantage to them is they have a distinct cycle so once the adults die back you have 2 weeks or so before another flush. But with a little tweeking you can get cultures running at different speeds.

My hook-up breeds dendrobates and he ended up giving me the hydei, but they were still way to small for our taranatula. I doubt she would have tried to eat them, but she didnt get the chance since the flies just squeezed through the airholes. Meh.

Anyway, I am trying to get a hold of a friend of mine who breeds dubias to finally get a colony going...should be making some final prep on Wednesday.