dubia feeding

[jackiesmama]

is there any way to help these little buggers grow faster lol, i am trying to grow my colony and i have prob about 200 babies and 7 females, 5 males. and its take forever for the babies( all differ sizes) to grow!!

 

[aussiefreak101]

A temp of 90-95 and citrus veggies is what got mine to explode. It will take about 3-4 months to notice a huge growth though because each life stage takes them a while.

 

[jackiesmama]

whats the best kind of veggies, not sure what u mean about citris veggies

 

[CNS]

It takes 4-6 months for babies to reach maturity. Feed citrus fruits like oranges and grapefruit. It gets the breeding going. Might want to get some more females. A good m/f ratio is 5:1.

 

[jackiesmama]

i got the breeding down i have a couple hundred babies there just taking a long time to grow

 

[patrickmb21]

They LOVE oranges and ive heard it help them

 

[WoolyMarmot]

There will be 6 molts which will double their size every time until they reach the final instar=molting to an adult.Just like CNS said, this will take 4-6 months and there is no other way of speeding it up. Some have reported faster growth by keeping their bins hot(90-100) but they turn under-grown which i say inst healthy for them.

 

[jackiesmama]

ok ty everyone ya i heard oranges help them breed.

 

[jackiesmama]

@ cns we got our hornworms and jackie loves them i tried tricking her with a super and she would not eat it lol, thank u

 

[CNS]

@ cns we got our hornworms and jackie loves them i tried tricking her with a super and she would not eat it lol, thank u

You're very welcome

 

[jackiesmama]

i deffinately will be getting more in a couple weeks

 

[krolmariusz]

i cant get my bin past 80*F. i use a under tank heating pad. is 80 okay?