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[Warchild]

I want to make a natural setup with insects and what not, along with ants. Any websites?

[Hunter]

don't got a website but i can help you clean up crew and insects is up my way

[Hunter]

don't got a website but i can help you clean up crew and insects is up my way

also are you talking of buying insects

[Hunter]

if you are looking to buy here http://www.insectboa...-buy-trade-sell

[Connectimyrmex]

I want to make a natural setup with insects and what not, along with ants. Any websites?

All of the commonly kept species are VERY common and easy to raise. Here are some that you can easily collect in a local forest.

Scavengers/Clean up crew:
Jumping Bristletails

Forest cockroaches (Parcoblatta)
Wild crickets

Pillbugs 

Millipedes (not recommended)
Springtails (extremely common, also you can buy very cheap colonies at Bugsincyberspace and Josh's Frogs)
Native darkling beetles

Clickbeetles

 

Predators:
Centipedes

Ground beetles

Salamanders

[Hunter]

 

I want to make a natural setup with insects and what not, along with ants. Any websites?

All of the commonly kept species are VERY common and easy to raise. Here are some that you can easily collect in a local forest.

Scavengers/Clean up crew:
Jumping Bristletails

Forest cockroaches (Parcoblatta)
Wild crickets

Pillbugs 

Millipedes (not recommended)
Springtails (extremely common, also you can buy very cheap colonies at Bugsincyberspace and Josh's Frogs)
Native darkling beetles

Clickbeetles

 

Predators:
Centipedes

Ground beetles

Salamanders

 

add nutes to preditors

[Hunter]

he could also add frogs maybe if in a large setup and if yo wants to keep ant pop down add a few cheep Indotyphlops braminus

[Warchild]

I live in Arizona, so I can’t really collect from a forest. I’ve seen bugs in cyberspace and I’m actually interested in buying from them. Does anyone know what kind of cleanup crew, predators and prey I can collect from where I am?

[Hunter]

basically what conecticut said, you can get some good prices on http://www.insectboa...-buy-trade-sellfrom people

[Warchild]

But I want to collect from my area. Does anyone have any ideas of what to collect

[Hunter]

pillbugs and spring tails ,maybe millies

[Connectimyrmex]

But I want to collect from my area. Does anyone have any ideas of what to collect

Try collecting some interesting grassland/dryland species. I know that warm areas are often heavily populated with darkling beetles, which can make for very interesting pets. Certain springtails can be found under rocks after recent rains, and darkling beetles can be found under logs and rocks with other interesting species (scorpions, cockroaches, and certain millipedes). I'd not recommend keeping the millipedes in a community terrarium, though. The cockroaches could be interesting pets, as long as they are native species and have trouble surviving in feral conditions.

Crickets are also fairly easy to find, and they can serve as the bottom of a terrarium community food chain.

 

I'm not sure about the plants in Arizona, but a trip to a nice untouched area should help you find some interesting native plants.

[Loops117]

You could keep your journal on www.insectboards.com

 

It's a new forum i'm helping with. Would be a great place to help out while also getting some help.

 

When it comes to planted and communal tanks, i keep some.

[Connectimyrmex]

Insectboards is great

[Hunter]

i gave him the link to trade buy and sales soooooooo

[Connectimyrmex]

Noice

 

@Warchild, check out Bugsincyberspace for springtails! They sell native species, and I find them tricky to collect.