assassins on the hunt

[wayne the pain]

hey good work chuck
and good luck with them

 

[MacCleod]

Can you give an exact size of the little assassins ??

 

[chuck]

hours old, id say something like 1/4 an inch

EDIT - also, should i seperate them from the unhatched eggs?

 

[MacCleod]

Originally posted by chuck
hours old, id say something like 1/4 an inch

EDIT - also, should i seperate them from the unhatched eggs?

Yep, I put my little buggers in a seperate plastic box.
I feed them dead flies, or you can also give them micro crix or small, dead crix.

 

[chuck]

how about beheaded hisser nymphs? or cut up wax worms?

and they dont seem to be able to climb the plastic deli cup

 

[MacCleod]

Originally posted by chuck
how about beheaded hisser nymphs? or cut up wax worms?

Sure...you can try several things, and see yourself what they prefer

and they dont seem to be able to climb the plastic deli cup

Told ya

 

[chuck]

first sign of canniblism, saw a little guy dragging around the newest hatched
crix exoskeloton seem to be too tough for them to penetrate

 

[chuck]

starting to get pissed off. they wont eat cut up crix, meal worms, hisser nymphs, or scuttle flies. its fun to watch them chase their food but the scuttle flies are just too quick and can scale the walls. please tell me what you guys feed your assassin nymphs

 

[Navaros]

I used to feed mine tiny mealworms and crickets. I'm sure flightless fruit flies would be good too.

 

[MacCleod]

Already tried "dead" scuttle flies ?

I feed mine dead regular flies (the big ones), and they like it a lot

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

I say take the lid off the cage if there's no worry then. Lack of propensity isn't synonymous with lack of ability. (Don't worry they can survive for days in the house).

You're thinking too small on the food.

 

[chuck]

these scuttle flies are the only thing they chase.
theres no way im allowing the flies out, maybe ill seperate the assassins into smaller containers so its easier to catch food

 

[chuck]

how about a pinkie or fuzzie?

 

[Navaros]

I really doubt it....I don't think african assassin bug species will eat vertebrates. It's possible though I guess. I think it's much more likely you would get blood feeding, parasitic species of assassins to eat them.

 

[chuck]

last night i contemplated allowing them kill each other and allow the few strongest to survive. but then i looked across the room and saw a short deli cup, my savior. all i have to do is add some peat and the assassins will be able to reach the top w/o a problem