They can be gut-loaded with salad or commercially available products to get your gecko more nutrients than contained in the crickets on their own.
Crickets easily die even when seemingly taken care of.
Crickets can bite, they can also hide under things in your gecko's tank so are best fed in a separate feeder tank.
A very popular and widely used staple they are easy to obtain.
A short lifespan makes it hard to stock up.
They can be stored in the container they arrive in and don't need to be fed so easy to store and keep.
Due to their small size some geckos may not be as interested in them as other feeders.
Inexpensive and well-stocked meaning that they are easy to find and easy to buy.
Known as a great source of calcium, this is one of the primary benefits of black soldier fly larvae, they can replace a powdered calcium supplement without D3.
They contain a lot of chitin which can be difficult for your gecko to digest and this can lead to impaction.īlack Soldier Fly Larvae (Nutrigrubs) (Hermetica illucens).
Easy to gut-load so you can pass nutrients to your gecko.
Easy to feed as they don't escape their dish.
Easy to care for, can be kept in the container they come in for low amounts, if they are ordered in larger amounts and do not arrive in tubs they should be transferred to a larger bin such as a plastic tote, given a substrate such as uncut oats and fed fresh vegetables as a source of food and water.
Easy to gut-load so you can pass nutrients and vitamins on to your gecko.
Easy to feed, can be out into a dish and won't escape.
Less of an impaction risk than mealworms due to having less chitin.
Better nutrition than mealworms when it comes to protein, calcium, and vitamins.
Higher fat content than other common staples so best fed alongside a less fatty staple such a dubia roaches or black soldier fly larvae.
A good staple, well balanced between protein and calcium.
Compared to other feeder dubia are very clean, as long as they are sourced from a trusted vendor they have a low risk of parasite infection.
Easy to store, all they need is a container, food source, water source and some cardboard to hide in.
No escapees, since they cannot climb smooth surfaces they can't escape their container easily.
You will often find they have bred on their own so you will have extras.
No stench, they don't smell, again mainly when compared to crickets but also compared to certain other bugs.
Extremely quiet, particularly when compared to crickets.
Contain more nutrition per individual insect than superworms or crickets.
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