Salmonsaladsandwich
Arachnolord
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Assassin bugs (Platymeris and Psytalla). Communal, easy to breed, great for display.
They do have a huge appetite for live prey, so if you want to maintain a big colony of assassin bugs you should also keep a big colony of roaches or mealworms.
You shouldn't really handle them... I've found them to be not at all inclined to bite and I have no problem letting adults crawl on my hands while doing cage maintenance, but that's probably a dumb idea. They have really nasty venom and one of these days I might regret being careless with them. That being said my point is they aren't super aggressive and there's no need to use the level of caution you might use with centipedes or certain tarantulas. They do spit venom that you don't want in your eyes. I've seen that a couple times.
They do have a huge appetite for live prey, so if you want to maintain a big colony of assassin bugs you should also keep a big colony of roaches or mealworms.
You shouldn't really handle them... I've found them to be not at all inclined to bite and I have no problem letting adults crawl on my hands while doing cage maintenance, but that's probably a dumb idea. They have really nasty venom and one of these days I might regret being careless with them. That being said my point is they aren't super aggressive and there's no need to use the level of caution you might use with centipedes or certain tarantulas. They do spit venom that you don't want in your eyes. I've seen that a couple times.