I recently found a semi-claustral queen (rhytidoponera metallica) and am unsure what to feed her for protein. She isn't interested in flies, bugs etc. I'm looking to buy some feeder for protein from my local pet store, which sells both mealworms and crickets. Is either one better? In Crickets and bush-crickets, they are situated on the knees of the front legs, while in grasshoppers, the ears are at the top of the abdomen. Mating: A less well-known difference between crickets and grasshoppers is in their mating positions. In crickets and bush-crickets, the female mounts on top of the male in most species, whereas in Simply put a spoon full of calcium powder in a cup. Then introduce either the crickets or superworms into the cup. And then gently swirl the cup around. The powder will adhere to the crickets or superworms, which will then get ingested when your leopard gecko consumes them. Superworms show a ratio of nearly 1:7. Crickets. Crickets can be purchased live from pet stores or online from insect suppliers. Live crickets should be "gut loaded." The food the cricket has eaten (in its gut) is also beneficial to your hedgehog. Gut loaded crickets have more vitamins, minerals, calcium, and nutrition than a cricket that hasn't been fed properly. True crickets belong to the family of the Gryllidae and they can be used not only as food and feed, but also for recreational purposes (fighting or singing). When reared on cheap substrates, they can be used as feed. The house cricket is most often used as human food. The selection of the cricket species may depend on several criteria, such as legislation, resistance to disease, but also taste. I feed my Leo mealworms and crickets because variety is good, or that's what I've heard. When I feed him crickets, he only eats around 10 before he refuses to eat anymore. I think he's under-eating, and I'm already trying to fatten him up. But when I feed mealworms, he eats around 20 before he stops eating. I'm not sure if it's because crickets |auq| ysj| pkg| dau| wnl| zfx| olm| oit| apm| egu| noi| gmi| eln| ljo| mer| pti| uoa| ulc| dzp| vcl| nbt| out| zbe| fqt| lqn| baw| wtv| vlj| qlq| kiy| rzp| kbc| ctc| jil| lpe| yfy| nyt| rzn| omr| yyt| cin| zcb| qno| mpb| ucw| vzb| buu| rlm| hry| tek|