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Quick Guide on Keeping Springtails as Feeder Insects & Clean-up Crews

There are 2 methods commonly used to rear springtails - using soil versus using charcoal. To rear springtails in charcoal, place large horticultural charcoal chunks ...
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How to Breed Crickets – A Step by Step Guide
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How to Breed Crickets – A Step by Step Guide

Learn step by step how to breed crickets at home to feed your tarantulas, mantises and centipedes. No more errands to local pet stores for feeder insects.
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All You Need to Know about Gut Loading Feeder Insects

Gut loading is basically the act of feeding the feeder insects with high quality nutrients so that those nutrients can be consumed by predatory pets when they feed on the feeder insects.
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breeding dubia cockroach as feeder insects
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Dubia Cockroach Breeding and Care: Endless Supply of Feeder Roaches

Breed dubia roaches at home for a sustainable source of feeder insects. Learn how to set up and maintain your Dubia colony effortlessly.
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Feeder Insects for Mantis: Choices, Consideration, and Rearing
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Feeder Insects for Mantis: Choices, Consideration, and Rearing

There are quite a number of feeder insects that you can feed your mantis with: 1. Springtails 2. Fruit flies 3. House flies 4. Crickets 5. Roaches 6. Mealworms
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I am Haomaru. I started to develop interest in arthropods since 2007, and have been keeping them for a few years. Along the way, I’ve added fish and geckos to my collection.

While I was trying to keep different species, I notice the information in the internet are quite scattered. Hence I have created this blog to share my experience and knowledge to help beginners who want to start keeping exotic pets.

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