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My opinion.
I have been trying to get rid of crickets and tried the Dubias because so many said this was the ultimate feeder. So I had problems trying to get some of my T's to adapt. And even after they realized that it was a food item and ate them, they ate them half heartedly.
Now not all my T's hesitantly ate dubia. My L. parahybana just attacks as soon as it hits the ground.
So I decided to try the B. lateralis because some said that these are irresistable to many T's. so I got some and now I feel that for the most part this is the better feeder next to crickets with Dubias coming in at second. Plus Lateralis females are larger than female crickets.
My T's attack these lats with the same high energy as crickets. The bad part is that these are better climbers than dubia and very clever and persistant. (packing tape does the trick 2 lines of it) They are also not afraid of the light like dubia and explore without digging into the substrate like crickets. The best part is no worries on them laying eggs in the substrate like crickets. (I hated that :wall: ) No crushing heads (dubias) and the nymphs are the same size as pinhead crickets for slings.
How many feel this way as well?
Heres a comparison picture between a female cricket and a female lateralis.
I have been trying to get rid of crickets and tried the Dubias because so many said this was the ultimate feeder. So I had problems trying to get some of my T's to adapt. And even after they realized that it was a food item and ate them, they ate them half heartedly.
Now not all my T's hesitantly ate dubia. My L. parahybana just attacks as soon as it hits the ground.
So I decided to try the B. lateralis because some said that these are irresistable to many T's. so I got some and now I feel that for the most part this is the better feeder next to crickets with Dubias coming in at second. Plus Lateralis females are larger than female crickets.
My T's attack these lats with the same high energy as crickets. The bad part is that these are better climbers than dubia and very clever and persistant. (packing tape does the trick 2 lines of it) They are also not afraid of the light like dubia and explore without digging into the substrate like crickets. The best part is no worries on them laying eggs in the substrate like crickets. (I hated that :wall: ) No crushing heads (dubias) and the nymphs are the same size as pinhead crickets for slings.
How many feel this way as well?
Heres a comparison picture between a female cricket and a female lateralis.