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Anyone culturing these for Dart Frogs ?
I remember seeing about 50 cultures at Marcus Breece's warehouse and him telling me "I could never be able to keep all these Tincs, ect without all the waxworms" .
Interesting.
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I tried a few cultures when I was breeding leopard geckos but the yields did not justify the effort involved.
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when properly set up...the culturing is supposed to be easy and the yields, fairly big, I'm told.
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I must have been doing something wrong, it took four months to get less than 20 little worms and digging through the medium to find them was a pain in the ass.
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Yeah...I didn't bother to pump Marcus for all the "how to's" of his culturing system, but seeing as how he usually has 200-300 Tincs and Tinc sized frogs and that he "swears by using them"......I gotta think there's something there. Then there's the nutritional component - different and varied from FF. ect.
I really don't like them though.
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When I was culturing them, I had great yields. They are easy to set up, but they do need
to be maintained. They have a high fat content, so they were fed out sparingly.
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I have been culturing these for 2 - 2 1/2 years now, they're very prolific, I mainly use the moths as they are glittery & my day geckos are attracted to anything which flaps or flies, I have used the larvae for darts & regularly give them to my friends who keep darts, they are a great 'treat' foodstuff
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I used to buy Wax moth larvae in little Deli cups back in the mid 1980's to feed to my Gecko collection.
Are they hard to get and rarely offered , these days ?
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There was a shortage for a while, but they are readily available now. I buy them to feed off to my few remaining geckos, and also allow some to pupate and metamorphose into moths for tree frog food.
How about a culture guide from one of you who are having success with them?
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I have two culture mediums which I have used, ill post both recipes for you all tomorrow
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I've been looking for some of these. Anyone know where I can get some?
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Both recipes posted in a new thread for you all
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Made it a sticky too...easy to find on top, now....
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I'm going to look into this waxmoth larvae thing. Seems like a great way to put on some weight before breeding geckos or frogs. Heck, they might even be good for some of my fish!
