Got my first dubias - Page 2

SpOoKy · 03-24-12, 02:49 PM

I would try one...never have yet but if the price was right...

KORBIN5895 · 03-25-12, 05:56 AM

Is now a good time to mention that I use to catch crickets solely for the purpose of eating them?

Jessica90 · 04-03-12, 09:02 PM

i have A colony its taking forever my adult female died and all the babys are turning out to be boys ><

jaleely · 04-04-12, 06:09 PM

okay, yucky yucky no i won't be trying these myself *lol*

Alright, here's a pic of their set up. They're in there...point if you can see some! They're small and all hiding.
Humidity, and heat are all good. They were growing fast! And then day before yesterday hubby put water in there for them....all over...uhm, that's why i have the water Crystals. lol a few died and drowned. i had to clean up...and it stunk! ugh. actually i made him do most of the cleaning because i had a migraine, but the majority survived.

Just a quick question...how do they breed? I mean, am i going to notice something?

Bradyloach · 04-04-12, 06:12 PM

Oh

well! A female lays her eggs and then sucks them back in to her. She will give a live birth

to around 30 babies! You will notice

jaleely · 04-04-12, 06:15 PM

excellent! i was hoping they didn't like, lay them on their food or something. for some reason it wasn't on any care sheets i read, and i hadn't thought about it until now. duh! lol

Bradyloach · 04-04-12, 06:22 PM

Hha

you will notice lots of little babies

jaleely · 04-04-12, 11:08 PM

Well i will if my hubby doesn't drown some of them again *rolls eyes* lol

I actually like these little guys though. They kind of have praying mantis heads...and if you've seen my other posts, you know i like mantids! (i have ghost ones

Lankyrob · 04-05-12, 04:48 AM

They birth their babies iinto their own "dirt" in the bottom of the container - NEVER clean the container or the babies wont have anything to feed on

Personally i would also add a lot more layers of cardboard for them - i will try to find the pic i had of mine

Xanafein · 04-05-12, 08:45 AM

I actually found dubias to be delicious, they taste like pork, except crunchier, and they try to run out of your mouth...

Also ive found that what you feed them has a direct impact on flavour, my friend feed mostly apples, so the first few dubias i ate tasted like pork and applesauce. One time though i had the privilege of eating one that had been fed mostly banannas...... wont be doing that again

SpOoKy · 04-05-12, 10:40 AM

lol, I don't know if you are joking or not but it sounds interesting

Xanafein · 04-05-12, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SpOoKy

lol, I don't know if you are joking or not but it sounds interesting

If that is directed at me, I am 100% serious

SpOoKy · 04-05-12, 06:59 PM

Thats awesome...I don't think i could deal with them trying to crawl out though. maybe if they were already dead.

Freebody · 04-05-12, 07:30 PM

if you said they taste like bacon and not just pork, im sure the rest of us would have tried one LOL