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GJ · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:08 pm Post subject: Locust breeding colony

Im going to have ago a breeding locusts and wondered how many i should start off with, i plan on getting them young and raising them up. I reckon that i will probably go through at least a 100 medium-large per week.

Scott W · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject:

Start with a couple of 100, it's easier to produce extra and then cut back rather than struggle to produce enough.
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GJ · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:52 pm Post subject:

Thanks Scott

Have you ever tried those plastic egg trays? do you think they could work for locusts.

Cheers

Scott W · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject:

never tried them, I use cardboard egg carton to create more surface area so I guess plastic would work just as well plus you can wash it after Wink

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redbelly · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:42 pm Post subject:

How the chuff do you breed these buggers! i have never managed it.
Any chance of a few pics of the set ups and stuff?
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Scott W · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject:

GJ · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:10 am Post subject:

I have read that post along with many others around the net, it sounds relatively simple to do, yet so many seem to fail particularly on incubating.

Phil1988 · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:39 am Post subject:

I gave my mate a couple of fully grown adult locusts to give to his scorpions a while back and a couple of weeks later he came back with 14 little locusts for me and said that they were just hatching out of the soil in his emperor's tank.

I might try my hand at breeding them as from that it seems easy Very Happy

GJ · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:45 am Post subject:

The same thing happens to me with crickets they breeding like wild fire in my vivs but do poorly in the cricket bin.
I’m going to set the locusts up in one large container with several inches of sand/soil, egg crates, and a good basking spot, I will leave them be to lay and hopefully hatch in the substrate. I will have a second large container on hand all set up so I can move them over for the monthly clean. To minimise the loss of eggs between transfer I will leave the first container to run for a while longer to give any remaining eggs the chance to hatch.

redbelly · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:14 pm Post subject: