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Great Stuff Section!!
This section is things you might find helpful, we have spent a lot of time gathering and collecting this, and we love having it all in one convenient location. Scroll down for lists of insects and veggies, money saving links, places to buy feeders, and many other things.
We will be adding to it as we finish compiling our information, so keep checking back!
Silkworms or hornworms:
www.coastalsilkworms.com
This is a great place to get these
hard to find worms, at a reasonable price. The owner, John, is great, and even takes the time to chat with you.
If you are looking for a treat,
buy a pod, they are around $10 and last several weeks if you
give them to your beardie sparingly.
Inexpensive UVB tubes:
They have all lengths of ReptiSun
10.0 UVB’s for $17.99 plus about
$6 shipping. MUCH cheaper than anywhere locally. And of course,
it's always better to buy more than
one and save on shipping. We buy 48" bulbs, 5 at a time for under $100.
Bulk Crickets:
www.crix-n-wiggles.com
Mike Stites will send you 1,000
crickets, any size, for a flat $20.00. One of the best prices for GREAT
quality crickets!!
He sells gorgeous beardies too!!
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Daily Feeder Roaches |
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All of these feeder roaches have the same heating recommendations. Only two of them, the Dubias and the Lateralis Roaches, are dimorphic, meaning you can tell their sex just by looking at them. The others are monomorphic, meaning the males and females look basically the same. Most are live bearers, lateralis is the only exception on our list. With all the roaches, it is recommended that you have a female/male ratio of 3 to 1. Obviously, you can’t tell easily with the orange heads and lobsters , so you need to keep a good supply of adults in your colony to keep it producing, and with the others, try to feed mostly males to your dragons, keeping the females to restock your colony. All have the same feeding requirements, they need high protein, such as crushed dry cat food, or flake fish food (cat food is cheaper) and a good water source, as well as some vegetation once a week, like your leftover green stems and squash pieces. |
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Common Name: Dubia Roach Our Opinion: Good overall choice, not too big, not too fast, not too creepy.   |
Low Odor Non Biters Non climbing Slower moving than other feeder roaches Sexually mature in 3-5 months Lifespan 1 ½ to 2 years Adult size 1 ½ to 2 inches Live birth Gestation 30 days Avg 30 babies per birth Avg price .40 cents each Keep at 85-95 degrees |
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Blatta Lateralis AKA Turkistan Roach Common Name: Lateralis RoachOur Opinion: Small bugs that move lightning fast and breed like no tomorrow.   |
Low Odor Non Biters Non climbing Fastest Moving Feeder Roach Sexually mature at 3-5 months Lifespan 12-18 months Adult size 1 inch Lay Egg Sacs Lay every 2 weeks Avg 20-30 babies per sac Avg price .50 cents each Keep at 85-95 degrees |
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Eublaberus Prosticus AKA Orange Head Roach Common Name: Orange Head Roach Our Opinion: Too big, they stink and they eat each other, but they’re slowest moving roach on our list.  |
Low Odor Wing Biters Non Climbing Slower moving Roach Sexually mature at 3-4 months Lifespan 1 ½ years Adult Size 2 inches Live Birth Gestation 30 days Avg 30 babies per birth Avg price .50 cents each Keep at 85-95 degrees |
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Nauphoeta Cinerea AKA Lobster Roach Common Name: Lobster Roach Our Opinion: Creepier than the other roaches, they climb almost anything, move REALLy fast and squeeze into places crickets can’t manage to get into. Slightly smelly.  |
Mild Odor Non Biters Climb smooth surfaces Fast Moving Roach Sexually mature at 3-4 months Lifespan 1 year Adult size 1 ¼ inches Live Birth Gestation 30 days Avg 30 babies per birth Avg price .40 cents each Keep at 85-95 degrees |
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Daily Worms and Crickets |
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Acheta domesticus AKA Brown House Cricket, Common Brown Cricket, Cricket on the Hearth Common Name: Brown Cricket  |
Keeps well at room temperature Keep in deep plastic tote with no lid
No substrate needed
Jumpers
Hide in small spaces
Eats Fish Flakes, Oatmeal, Greens and Needs to have any dead bodies removed |
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Bombyx mori larva of the Silk Moth
Common Name: Silkworm  |
Thrives between 75-85 degrees
Keep in plastic container with no lid
No substrate needed
Slow moving
Will eat only worm chow or mulberry Needs extremely clean environment Tastes like Butter (Thanks, Spenser!) |
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Weekly Treat Worms |
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These worms should only be given to your dragons once a week, in small amounts. Choose two each week, and rotate your choices, as each variety has it's own benefits. Never feed to many from this list, your dragon may refuse their daily staple foods, and only want to eat treats. |
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Common Name: Wax Worm  |
Refrigerate in container with original
Offer moisture source, such as an orange
Wiggly, and slow moving
Tastes like honey (Thanks, Megan!!!) Avg price .05 cents each |
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Zophobas Morio larva of Zophobas Beetle
Common Name: Super worm  |
Do not refrigerate
Keep at room temperature
Keep in Wheat Bran with a potato for
They Bite
Wiggly and fast moving
Addictive to beardies, feed sparingly Avg price .10 cents each |
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Manduca quinquemaculata
NOTE: Hornworms should never be fed from a garden. The tomato stem is TOXIC to Dragons. Common Name: Hornworm  |
No Odor
They Bite you and each other
Non climbers
Extremely slow moving
Appealing color to dragons
Adult size 3 ½ to 4 inches
Eats Only worm chow
No tolerance for humidity
Keep at 75-85 degrees
Avg price .50 cents each Tastes like Nasty Peanut Butter (Thanks, |
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Trevo Worm, Larva of
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Keep in Refrigerator No food required
Will keep for 2 months or more
They hide when left in lizard tank
Pretty much impossible to breed, no
Very slow moving
Pinkish Red in color
Adult size 1 to 1 ½ inches
Non climbers
No odor
Appealing color to dragons Avg price .20 cents each |
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Phoenix Worm, Larva of
Common Name: Phoenix worm  |
Do not refrigerate Keep at room temperature No food required Keep bedding media moist (unknown Wiggly, but not mobile No information available on breeding Somewhat similar in appearance to a Adult size ¾ inch Keep at 60 to 70 degrees Before feeding to your dragon, Let the Avg Price .20 cents each |
View or download a list of websites where you
can buy feeder insects. Includes lists for the
United States and the United Kingdom.
Click Here
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Vegetable and Fruit List |
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Click on the name to view a photo of each item and learn how to prepare it. |
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Weekly Foods |
Every Day Foods |
Monthly |
| Apples Apricots Asparagus Bell Peppers Blackberries Blueberries Cabbage, Chinese Cabbage, Red Cherries Cucumbers Eggplant Figs Garbanzo Beans Grapes Kiwi Mango Okra Olives Papaya Peaches Pears Peppermint Plums Radicchio Radishes Raisins Rapini Raspberries Strawberries Sweet Potatoes Zucchini |
Green Beans Greens, Collard Greens, Mustard Greens, Turnip Lettuce, Bibb Lettuce, Green Leaf Lettuce, Red Leaf Parsnip Peas, Green Peas, Snow Prickley Pear Squash, Acorn Squash, Butternut Squash, Yellow |
Bananas Beets/Beet Greens Parsley, Italian Spinach Tomatoes |