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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 76015" data-attributes="member: 4199">agreed, crickets are the best feeders, they seem to trigger that hunting instinct more than any other i've used.  Even the lateralis.  I've watched lateralis run right under the T and it just sits there, any time a cricket gets close it's game on.  I've only had one or 2 eat from tongs.  A. chalcodes was attacking the tongs, then ate the worm that fell from them <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />  and the larger GBB will sometimes eat from tongs, but usually the prey has to be on the web system to draw it's attention.</blockquote>