Insect Direct

I find just wetting down the dirty smudges (spray bottle/hose) atleast 10mins prior to actually trying to scrub it, helps alot.

elbow grease + h2o

vid http://www.youtube.com/user/nzexotics#p/u/0/V-AsASJ0r7o

another view (few mins earlier) bit later

cool. there was 3/4 ants twice the size of the black ones above. here. maybe queens?

was the first mantis id seen for some years too, i should of known better, but the mantis looked like it would hold its own no worries :facepalm:

anyone know what these are? fly pupa of some sort or .. found in the foot hills. under a rock, ants were gathering them up and taking into their tunnels

admittedly, i was a bit keen putting a large cricket in :oops: two even :oops: :oops:

tempting, often windy up there though. so one would need a good tent and pair of long johns, but yeah id happily live up there.

check out this pond i came across tonight whistlers chirping away...what a view.

i tried to feed a cricket to my mantis the other day, turns out i was feeding the mantis to the cricket dammit :lol:

dig up some earth worms

i put a little koura in there a couple of months back . it made its way up stream to the pond on the left, stayed there (made a mess of my landscaping) about a week, then moved back down to the right hand side where it currently resides. hoping the koura will keep vegetation to a mimimum in the stream

thanking you.

No sucky moto... :lol:

ive been looking for one of them ( :bounce: ) for ages :lol:

its the small stuff on the right of the big leafed one... anyone know what it is?

great enclsoure Jason. my frog tank is evolving 18th jan tonight

is decholrinator safe for axolotls? i would be cautious using it with amphibs....but maybe it is safe.. could just let the water sit in a bucket overnight. put an airstone in if possible. i just use water straight out of the tap, chlorine never done any harm here

insects to a frog - would almost be a crime not to use live imo. the world is simple if you want it to be

tonights visitor to the cave

if they were tsd then the splits should all be male too.....

knobtale - the point is the frogs probably should produce albinos in a simple world, but they are not and i never guaranteed they would. i dont know why they do what they do, just know what they do is what they do. you dont have to understand it, not sure anyone does just yet, but it is the way it is. if people are reasonable, give me time, and everything goes well (breeding wise). when possible i plan to offer an albino to each person who purchased 'splits' as a gesture of good will. may take some time, may not, will do so asap.

wonder if it has to do with me not opening the container for over a week.. normally open atleast once a week but didnt bother with this lot. your right they dont look overly moist, the other container i setup at the same time was on the dry side. this lot is damper but not wet. if twin albino's pop out ill be ok with it i suppose