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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeef" data-source="post: 240405" data-attributes="member: 36825">Do you have a Mom & Pops store you can buy reasonable amounts of crickets from? I try to get just what I need as I need it.I get the best results out of crickets. Mealworms are ok but best suited to slings. T's outgrow them pretty fast. On the upswing, you can keep them in the fridge or a cold basement to slow down their maturing. I crush their heads. None of my crew will eat the pupas or beetles.I have pretty spotty results with superworms aka: morio worms. You crush the head and T's either immediately jump on it or you are picking it out the next day. I throw away more than get eaten.Dubia roaches are also hit or miss. They play dead if you just drop them in, they get ignored if you crush the heads. I have a colony. They are super easy to keep. If you don't have a colony, these guys can get expensive fast. I've picked a hornworm pupa out of my N. coloratovillosus burrow.Red runner roaches get eaten but I hate dealing with them.Honorable mention, I got 2 of my best eaters to eat a nightcrawler. It makes a mess, but they will eat them.Full disclosure: all my T's are new world terrestrials and I don't tong feed. Food gets dropped in and that is it.</blockquote>