How Many Bugs?

[agkistrodang]

Hey! Getting my beardy pretty soon! Looking into getting his insects, and wondering about how long does it take for your adult beardies to go through bugs? Its obviously more cost effective to buy in bulk online, but I'm worried that just one adult wouldn't go through them fast enough. Like if I bought 500 superworms and he couldn't finish them all before they started to morph or die off? What do you guys think? This guy doesn't eat a huge amount of insects as is, and I don't wanna spoil him and make him fat haha

 

[CooperDragon]

Adults don't eat many bugs so you can order them in smaller quantities than for a young dragon. They are mostly vegetarian so only need a bug meal once or twice per week while getting daily salads. I just ordered a 12 pack of hornworms and a 500 pack of black soldier fly larvae. The BSFL will last me about a month and I'll feed the flies off as they hatch. The hornworms grow very quickly so I feed them off over the course of about a week. I also have a dubia colony that is my main source of bugs. It's overkill for a single adult dragon as he will only eat 5-10 of them in a meal.