What's your favorite insect to keep?

[melijoc]

These makes perfect food for my ts and pedes . Are they cheap?

 

[Mike41793]

Might sound lame but I really enjoy keeping the B. dubias I have to feed my T's lol. Might try keeping some more species of roaches in the future since the dubias are so neat.

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[Spepper]

These makes perfect food for my ts and pedes . Are they cheap?

I don't believe that these would make good feeders because they have hard shells.

 

[Trailblazr80]

Beetles, mantids, and jumping spiders!

 

[Smokehound714]

These makes perfect food for my ts and pedes . Are they cheap?

Aphonopelma eat them in the wild. They actually know how to kill them- by piercing them between the elytra.

It seems the inflated shell may actually be an evolutionary defense against aphonopelma.

Im pretty sure S. polymorpha can tackle them as well.. I dont think anuroctonus are capable of killing them, though.. I know for a fact that eleodes will raid anuroctonus burrows and snatch scorplings and devour them.

 

[NanoTek]

Hymonopus coronatus (orchid mantis mine really is awesome to watch very pretty indeed.
Also the Polyspilota aeruginosa Madagascan Marbled Mantis very active and very vivacious and it also
Bitten me which was as uprise and surprisingly hurt
Have you ever been bitten by one ?
One other fave is the Thailand rainbow millipede some are very toxic. wild monkeys pick them up and rub them on there fur to keep away mites, ticks and Mosquitos. Which is very clever but if we were to handle them it can burn the skin.

 

[Vinegaroonie]

I love all my mantises. I have 4 orchids soon to mate, a pair of ghosts, like 7 enclosures for new hatchlings, and many more.

 

[khil]

Aphonopelma eat them in the wild. They actually know how to kill them- by piercing them between the elytra.

It seems the inflated shell may actually be an evolutionary defense against aphonopelma.

Im pretty sure S. polymorpha can tackle them as well.. I dont think anuroctonus are capable of killing them, though.. I know for a fact that eleodes will raid anuroctonus burrows and snatch scorplings and devour them.

You gotta be kidding me. Wut?

 

[Smokehound714]

You gotta be kidding me. Wut?

Nope. It's actually pretty common. The breeding season of eleodes and the brooding season for anuroctonus overlaps, i'd actually say aside from scytodes and wolf-spiders, eleodes is one of the major predators of anuro scorplings that havent dispersed yet.

When you think of eleodes, you generally think of a slow-moving peaceful scavenger, but when they smell meat, they go nuts and will fight pretty savagely over it in the wild..

in captivity its a different story, because they get easy access to a good meal, and everyone gets a fair shot, but in the wild, protein is very hard to obtain, especially for animals that cannot fly, or have no predatory adaptations. Scorplings are soft and tender, and cannot fight back, and will try to threat posture like an adult, but that just makes them an easy target..

 

[benf12]

Staying on topic to the thread, I enjoy keeping stag beetles, especially large tropical species. They are gentle, do not require a lot of room, and are easy to feed. They also look impressive and make great pinned specimens.

 

[khil]

Nope. It's actually pretty common. The breeding season of eleodes and the brooding season for anuroctonus overlaps, i'd actually say aside from scytodes and wolf-spiders, eleodes is one of the major predators of anuro scorplings that havent dispersed yet.

When you think of eleodes, you generally think of a slow-moving peaceful scavenger, but when they smell meat, they go nuts and will fight pretty savagely over it in the wild..

in captivity its a different story, because they get easy access to a good meal, and everyone gets a fair shot, but in the wild, protein is very hard to obtain, especially for animals that cannot fly, or have no predatory adaptations. Scorplings are soft and tender, and cannot fight back, and will try to threat posture like an adult, but that just makes them an easy target..

Fascinating. Forgive me for my skepticism, I didn't even realize those bastards had mouths! I wish we anuroctonus ranged into north california, they look pretty cool. One thing though, scorpions generally stay with their parents for the first couple instars, don't the mothers protect them earlier on?

 

[Smokehound714]

Fascinating. Forgive me for my skepticism, I didn't even realize those bastards had mouths! I wish we anuroctonus ranged into north california, they look pretty cool. One thing though, scorpions generally stay with their parents for the first couple instars, don't the mothers protect them earlier on?

In this species, the mother will stay out as long as possible to allow the scorplings to dive for cover, then she will block the entrance to prevent a predator from getting in. Not all the scorplings will make it in, and consequently get blocked by her, and that's when they're typically predated on. But there are also burrowing animals that succeed in breaking in, as well, like jerusalem crickets and geophilomorpha centipedes, both of which also raid them.


The reason they[eleodes] get away with snatching scorplings is due to their elytra being very round, and hard to grasp, kinda like how pillbugs can repel attacks. The female can try to grab them, but will fail to do more than pinch, as her chelicerae are ineffectual at processing hard shells. Few animals can kill these beetles, mostly mammals and large mygalomorphae like tarantulas and bothriocyrtum.

Eventually the mother will attempt to avoid the beetles, rather than behave defensively, and may even abandon her own young to escape.

 

[khil]

In this species, the mother will stay out as long as possible to allow the scorplings to dive for cover, then she will block the entrance to prevent a predator from getting in. Not all the scorplings will make it in, and consequently get blocked by her, and that's when they're typically predated on. But there are also burrowing animals that succeed in breaking in, as well, like jerusalem crickets and geophilomorpha centipedes, both of which also raid them.


The reason they[eleodes] get away with snatching scorplings is due to their elytra being very round, and hard to grasp, kinda like how pillbugs can repel attacks. The female can try to grab them, but will fail to do more than pinch, as her chelicerae are ineffectual at processing hard shells. Few animals can kill these beetles, mostly mammals and large mygalomorphae like tarantulas and bothriocyrtum.

Eventually the mother will attempt to avoid the beetles, rather than behave defensively, and may even abandon her own young to escape.

Interesting. Have you had the opportunity to witness any of these yourself?

Also here is also a pretty good article I found that describes some predators of anuroctonus: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...=R0FZ_HGavBuVxzy1_qvTHg&bvm=bv.65636070,d.cGU

 

[Smokehound714]

Interesting. Have you had the opportunity to witness any of these yourself?

Also here is also a pretty good article I found that describes some predators of anuroctonus: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...=R0FZ_HGavBuVxzy1_qvTHg&bvm=bv.65636070,d.cGU

Yep. that's a great read, helped me back up many of my claims, like sponge bathing behavior. I have yet to witness a jerusalem cricket killing one, though, but I have seen eleodes and scytodes kill scorplings in person.

I have a spot with literally thousands of anuroctonus in a huge colony, alongside aphonopelma, and bothriocyrtum, and recently, aptostichus and S. polymorpha that i visit often, so I'm able to see alot of cool behavior.

I often visit this spot at night, so i get to see alot of stuff most people would miss.