dubia legality?!

[babytrees]

I keep hearing that dubias are illegal to own in Canada and especially my province (Alberta). Does anyone know where I could find out the actual law? Google just keeps bringing me to the same question I am asking haha I know for a fact that Alberta is pretty tight on "pest control" we can't even own a rat! If you travel here with one, you need to get a 24h permit and get it out of the province within that time frame and then you're "monitored" over the course of a few weeks to make sure you don't bring another. So I don't want to get in trouble for ordering a few dubia.

I wasn't sure if I should have posted this in the Canada section or here...

 

[hammerhead]

Here's some interesting info I found for you. http://www.albertareptilesociety.org/forum/showthread.php?t=663
He says if it's unlisted http://www.albertareptilesociety.org/forum/showthread.php?t=663 they require a permit and you can't get one.
Hope someone comments and can clarify. I do know I'm up to my neck here with my dubia breeding.

 

[hammerhead]

It seems the Plant Protection Laws cover some roaches but not dubias. But these lists and others I saw were for the import of insects.

 

[babytrees]

Thanks for the links, but I found a few yesterday. One was a threaded email between a woman and the "bug police" haha and it said that dubias/other insects (wasn't really paying attention to those) are illegal to import, own, breed, etc. And you can't get a permit. But I know a few people who do have dubias so I was thinking of maybe just getting a few and try a small colony but at the same time I don't want a huge fine!! My friend was fined $3500 for a rat, so I can't imagine a colony of dubia would go over well.

I need a new staple for my beardies. crickets are dying so quickly and they seem to get smellier and smellier as time goes on even with bi weekly cleaning.

 

[DragonJosh]

Try blue bottle fly larvae. Here is a thread I made about my experience with them. viewtopic.php?f=76&t=138971

 

[babytrees]

do you know where I could get those!?
I order from bugorder and they don't have them (we've never had any problems with them) so I'd like a reputable site please