Cockroach Vs. False Katipo spider

Just a video I made of my false katipo going nuts on a cockroach I found in my kitchen. Keep in mind this spider is going on 3yrs old now. Ihad not realised they lived so long. Anyway enjoy the video and give it a like, thanks!

Cleaned them crickets!

Cleaned the crickets cage out!

*NEW video!!

                 Breeding black field crickets.

any questions or comments feel free to leave them on this post and I will be sure to answer them when I can.

                    Just a video I made getting rid of spiders.

My pet False katipo spider eating a woodlouse 

(porcellio scaber)

ENJOY!!

 New Woodlice Project

so just recently I decided that I feel like there is a lack of supply in my area of reputable dealers or sales thereof for woodlice AKA(slaters) hence I have deiced to get back into breeding them, now while this may be a very easy task to achieve, I am attempting to do something a little bit different, instead of just dumping all the woodlice in a box, throwing some food at them and chucking them in a warm dark place ( my hot water cabinet ) I have decided that I would like to do some selective breeding of the different colour variations so that I can have four variations in colour, these being the typical grey, orange, spotted orange and domino which are like the grey ones but a bit more splotchy in colour, I am hoping that they breed at a rate being viable so that I don’t take too long to achieve a good supply. Please follow me if you would like to see the progress. Thanks

this is the base culture newspaper,bread and coir peat base.

 The domino ones that i have selected so far, note the white splotches.

 These are some of the more orange ones that I found but are not the true orange ones yet.

 Closeup of partial orange ones

 Overall of my setup and containers

 The Base culture in all its Glory!

If you find this interesting or have any questions, of how to do this successfully please ask and i will help where and when i can. and enjoy my project. peace

  SLUGS IN THE BATHROOM

                                                          (Limax Maximus species)
As of the last phew years that I have been living in my flat I have quite regularly noticed that during the colder months of the year, these being June to early September, there is a steady influx of slimy little slugs that come into the house.

So one may ask "why is there always so many slugs in my house" well the answer is not so complicated.
Basically slugs move quite slowly and have to still procreate, what happens is as the slugs is moving along it leaves a slime trail behind which can sometimes be seen in the sunlight as a shiny stripe of sorts, the other slugs come across this trail and follow it, this may be survival or because of pheromones may lead the other slug which may be of opposite sex to a potential mate, but for the most part eventually the slug that is being followed will come across some food which is great because the one that is following will have no problem finding it as well.

But more still the slugs come into the house plain and simply because the house is warmer (same reason mice venture inside) and also just because another slug has done so in the past.

: there are some preventative measures you can take.

Make sure there are no gaps for them to get in through.

window seals may help.

but they also come up through the drain pipes for the bath and potentially the shower, so seeing these little slimy buggers may be UN-avoidable. for the most part you will be alright if you just return them outside.

                     I BET THE WOODIES WOULD

I have had some woodlice under my care for sometime, but you see there is something a little unusual about these certain ones they are not the same old greyish brown critters but more so are predominantly orange, from my observations I have noticed something's that others may find interesting.

• they have a very cool coloring, but can and mostly will produce a normal colored offspring.
• I cant say that they like to court as much as the usual kind and also are very shy.
• a lot faster moving and like to burrow. in the substrate.
• Well there could be more but that's what I have noticed.!

 

another thing to note is that they eat decaying material and mold, which is what the white stuff is, but there is also micro worms in the sand which helps keep it clean.

woodies, woodlice, pill bugs, insects, mold, fish food, sand substrate,

                                    SLIMEY SLUGGERS

So as I had stated prior, I would update when the little slugs had hatched, well lone behold I was checking the container that they are in the other day, and they have hatched, enjoy the little beauties. I guess that solves that mystery.

Slugs, insects, eggs, fish food, weird, babies,

                             SLUGGISH ENDEAVORS

A while ago i was going through all my potted plants that i have outside and i came across these little rugby ball shaped eggs, did some research and found out that these are in fact slug eggs, i presume that these are of the "Tiger slug" Limax maximus (L.)" they are quite frequent visitors in my house as well as i have quite a bit of slug damage to my plants which is why i think this.

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If you look closely you will notice that the baby molluscs are forming inside the eggs and i think this will be very interesting to examine. when i found the eggs they where clear with a small white spec inside, it has bean a couple of weeks. and they have gotten much bigger. will be interesting to see how long they take to hatch, and when they do i will be sure to document it.

reference:  soil bugs an illustrated guide

breeding Scarabaeidae beetles (breed scarab beetles)

"MANUKA BEETLES"

These are little Manuka beetles that we heard buzzing around the forest, they are apparently a pest species in New Zealand , but still because of my obsession with insects I am tempted to always try and breed any species of insect that I find and this is no exception. I have looked up guides on the internet about breeding other beetles of the same species so have some info from there, but mostly I will try myself and upload all the findings that I make…so will keep the site updated as I find new things.

...for more information WIKILINK

breeding Teleogryllus commodus "black field cricket"

I have recently bought some black field crickets and will be attempting to breed them. at a later stage when i have the whole breeding process sorted out i will upload some more info but for now just some pictures.


temperature is very important i have two thermometres to test this.
aswell as some baby crix pics. and setup so far.

hey all!

hey everyone

I have not posted up here for a long time, reason being that I have bean waiting for a order of crickets to come in, so that I can do a breeding and setup of them but, unfortunately they have not arrived for a long time, today I should hopefully be picking them up. I will be following up with a wax worm breeding project soon though, so I will be working on that as we speak. oh if you view my blog leave some comments so that I know what you may be interested in viewing in the future.

thanks.

seashore earwig

This is a common seashore earwig which resides as you guessed on or near the sea shore under logs and seaweed were it feeds on decomposing waste e.g. rotting fish, kelp, and dead insects. I have had this bunch for quite a while as I guess that they are long lived. They are happy eating fish pellets as seen in the photo, which is easily purchased at any pet shop. The reason I am posting this is that it is an endemic species so great to study and keep as pets. Any comments and questions appreciated.

Breeding and raising of maggots and flies

Breeding and raising of maggots and flies


Setup:
To start a breeding stock you need to have sufficient food, temperature and substrate (basically the food is the substrate).

Food:
Maggots are not fussy with what they eat anything that is organic and decays are good enough for them. I use a mixture of this recipe.

Recipe

One egg

3 cups of sawdust / bran

Calf supplement milk powder (1/2 cup) or ¼ cup milk cow milk

Instructions

Step 1

Pour three cups of bran / sawdust into mixing bowl, add egg to it and mix it in until you can’t see any egg, the substrate should have a clumpy texture, add ½ cup supplement powder or ¼ cup milk and mix thoroughly.

Step 2

Getting the larva of the chosen fly species all comes down to good raising of the maggots, and also getting a starter kit, you can either catch flies and forcefully add them to the container you will keep them in, (remember your lid should have adequate ventilation although you should be careful not to allow pest flies into the container) another option is to purchase maggots (fly larva) from a reputable fishing supplies dealer, but if all else fails you can setup a simple fly trap which can be easily baited with a piece of rotting meat.

Temperature

30 to 38 degrees Celsius seems to be a comfortable breeding temperature for blow flies and house flies.

Flies

Once the maggots have pupated and ten days later baby flies hatch you should provide the flies with a small bowl of sugar so that they get the energy to mate, fly and lay eggs very important in order to attain a good breeding stock. And then it all starts again.

so i was thinking...

i dont actually have any interests.......hahahaha just playing i have a huge interest in insects so have decided to stick with it and post up my breeding projects and setups, most probably with some added information for youre viewing pleasure. for example instructions on breeding and keeping of moths, mealworms, earthworms, and cockroaches. so just keep checking back...peace"

frog eats woodlice

Today I read some thing interesting not the internet, it was about bell frogs and since I have two of them I thought well maybe I should read the entire article so I did. And found it to be very interesting there were a couple of points I solely may not of agreed with but overall it was good... anyway I wanted to know why they where growing so slowly so I looked that up and found that they require heat as well as good lighting so I used a 60 watt globe and directed it at them they seemed so happy and jumped at the opportunity, literally.

I then in about six hours, sprinkled some woodlice or (pill bugs) in the enclosure or vivarium, and they went totally mad and gulped them down, I was surprised to see them disappear so quickly, but I expected as much from such supposedly fast growing amphibians. Any way moral of the story don’t eat too quickly u won’t grow faster just joking. looks a little like this -