What locusts like?

[NickAVD]

I would like to know what locusts like and what you feed them.
I buy locusts from time to time and they live in my container for some time. I always fed her arugula, carrots and apples, and also always put a drinking bowl with water. The locusts ate very little and were "sad". Yesterday I tried putting bok choy leaves. They attacked these leaves and ate both the green part and the white part in half an hour, like piranhas. I realized that I didn’t know at all about what they liked from food. Does anyone have any more advice? Because I don't always have bok choy on hand.

 

[Hazel_Basil10]

I would like to know what locusts like and what you feed them.
I buy locusts from time to time and they live in my container for some time. I always fed her arugula, carrots and apples, and also always put a drinking bowl with water. The locusts ate very little and were "sad". Yesterday I tried putting bok choy leaves. They attacked these leaves and ate both the green part and the white part in half an hour, like piranhas. I realized that I didn’t know at all about what they liked from food. Does anyone have any more advice? Because I don't always have bok choy on hand.

I have no idea what those are never heard of them.....so I don't know

 

[NickAVD]

I have no idea what those are never heard of them.....so I don't know

What are you talking about? Locusts or about bok choy?

 

[xp29]

I would like to know what locusts like and what you feed them.
I buy locusts from time to time and they live in my container for some time. I always fed her arugula, carrots and apples, and also always put a drinking bowl with water. The locusts ate very little and were "sad". Yesterday I tried putting bok choy leaves. They attacked these leaves and ate both the green part and the white part in half an hour, like piranhas. I realized that I didn’t know at all about what they liked from food. Does anyone have any more advice? Because I don't always have bok choy on hand.

I'm assuming what you are calling locust we call grasshoppers. I don't know the extent of their diet but from what I've seen around the farm growing up, they ate the leafy stuff in the garden first.

 

[NickAVD]

I'm assuming what you are calling locust we call grasshoppers. I don't know the extent of their diet but from what I've seen around the farm growing up, they ate the leafy stuff in the garden first.

I did a little searching on the Internet, it seems there is a difference between these insects. I have exactly the ones on the right in the picture. and they are quite large, I think 2-2.5 inches

 

[Chris.]

Here is a pic of one of my females with her first offspring
Mine get oats in a small bowl that I fill up weekly as it emptys. They like romana salad, they like kale, they don't need water as they get most of it from food....what else?!?....They usually like fore gras-like and green plants. But mine don't like rocket for some reason...

 

[xp29]

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I did a little searching on the Internet, it seems there is a difference between these insects. I have exactly the ones on the right in the picture. and they are quite large, I think 2-2.5 inches

Ok, we have both varieties but just lump them all as grasshoppers lol.

 

[NickAVD]

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Here is a pic of one of my females with her first offspring
Mine get oats in a small bowl that I fill up weekly as it emptys. They like romana salad, they like kale, they don't need water as they get most of it from food....what else?!?....They usually like fore gras-like and green plants. But mine don't like rocket for some reason...

Cool! You manage to breed them! I only have time for roaches.
By the way, they look a little different for me, tomorrow I can take a picture of them, now it’s already night.

 

[NickAVD]

Ok, we have both varieties but just lump them all as grasshoppers lol.

I usually call these animals this way - everything that is small and jumps is a grasshopper, if it jumps and it is big then it is a locust

 

[Chris.]

Cool! You manage to breed them! I only have time for roaches.
By the way, they look a little different for me, tomorrow I can take a picture of them, now it’s already night.

The ones I have are dessert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria), may you possibly have migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria)?
They should be fairly similar though.
They breed fairly easy but will need a hear lamp....And they poop a lot as you probably know by now

 

[NickAVD]

The ones I have are dessert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria), may you possibly have migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria)?
They should be fairly similar though.
They breed fairly easy but will need a hear lamp....And they poop a lot as you probably know by now

Exactly! I have migratory locusts. I buy it because Foxy just goes crazy for them. In the insect store there is also a desert one, but for some reason I didn’t pay attention to it, by the way, migratory locusts also poop a lot
I'll try to diversify the locust's diet according to your advice

 

[xp29]

The ones I have are dessert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria), may you possibly have migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria)?
They should be fairly similar though.
They breed fairly easy but will need a hear lamp....And they poop a lot as you probably know by now

The ones I get are dessert to lol Snickers will do backflips to get them lol. I have to go out and catch them though. Because they are invasive they can't be bought or sold here. When I was in Nevada I could get far enough into the desert to not have to worry about pesticides and such. Here in Washington I doubt I'll be able to give them wild caught.

I wonder if I fly to back Vegas if I can sneak a box full of them through security at the airport lmao .... wouldn't that be fun to try to explain to tsa

 

[NickAVD]

The ones I get are dessert to lol Snickers will do backflips to get them lol. I have to go out and catch them though. Because they are invasive they can't be bought or sold here. When I was in Nevada I could get far enough into the desert to not have to worry about pesticides and such. Here in Washington I doubt I'll be able to give them wild caught.

I wonder if I fly to back Vegas if I can sneak a box full of them through security at the airport lmao .... wouldn't that be fun to try to explain to tsa

Maybe you should think about breeding? You can bring a few from Vegas and create a colony.

 

[xp29]

Maybe you should think about breeding? You can bring a few from Vegas and create a colony.

I had considered it, I just simply don't have the time to do it successfully.

 

[NickAVD]

The ones I have are dessert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria), may you possibly have migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria)?
They should be fairly similar though.
They breed fairly easy but will need a hear lamp....And they poop a lot as you probably know by now

As I promised, I am posting a photo of my locust.
These are migratory locusts, so they have a slightly different pattern and shape from yours.