Red-Eyed Devil Katydid-care, where to buy, etc.

[Godzillaalienfan1979]

Title says it all.

1. In an enclosure for Red-Eyed Devils, is height more important than length, or vice versa?
2. Do you feed them just meaty foods or, like Jerusalems, can you feed them fruit and veggies every now and then?
3. Where to buy? Any dealers out there with decent prices? (i'm not paying above $50 for a Red-Eyed Devil)
4. Basic care instructions?

Thanks

-N

 

[pannaking22]

1. Height, they're mostly arboreal. I think they can do fairly well with a long enclosure though.
2. Mostly protein
3. Give it a couple months and hopefully there will be some people offering WC individuals. No one has CB this species as far as I know, but there's high interest, so maybe in the next few years that'll happen. I think they were going from $20-$30, but don't quote me on that.
4. Keep them dry with fairly frequent mistings. I assume a cup of damp sand to encourage egg laying.

 

[Godzillaalienfan1979]

1. Height, they're mostly arboreal. I think they can do fairly well with a long enclosure though.
2. Mostly protein
3. Give it a couple months and hopefully there will be some people offering WC individuals. No one has CB this species as far as I know, but there's high interest, so maybe in the next few years that'll happen. I think they were going from $20-$30, but don't quote me on that.
4. Keep them dry with fairly frequent mistings. I assume a cup of damp sand to encourage egg laying.

Sorry, what's WC and CB? I know nothing lmao

 

[Ratmosphere]

WC= Wild caught
CB= Captive bred

 

[Godzillaalienfan1979]

WC= Wild caught
CB= Captive bred

aah, thanks

 

[Galapoheros]

They are a flat, grasslands prairie species, central south US, out when it's hot, late May to August. I only kept a few I found for a year. Imo, I'd keep a very sparse enclosure, dry, a cap of water or mist a side of the enclosure once a week. I would see them on the road late at night, always where there are tall grasses, open plains(west and south texas). They have pretty good eyesight, I watched them ambush crickets, missing now and then. That might give you an idea of how to keep them. Knowing their natural environment really helps, I never rely 'only' on what other people say when it comes to this kind of thing, researching their natural habitat really works.

 

[KevinsWither]

I am looking for some! How does one breed them?