Smallest colony sizes?

[Hayabusa]

Im interested in breeding mealworms and crickets. I know what to feed them and all sorts from other threads.

Got a bin for the crickets with some egg crates, and a long plastic tub for the meal worms.

Just wondering how small can a colony be and still survive and reproduce etc..

Thanks

 

[HepCatMoe]

well it depends on how many you are gonna be feeding from it.

without feeding i would say you only need a few crickets or mealworms to start, and eventually (months - years) you will have thousands.

i started with 100 mealworms, and im on my fourth generation and ive got probably 200 beetles right now, plus another hundred or so mealworms, plus ive been feeding regularly.

 

[moosassah]

My colony is extremely small & was started last year ago from a shipment of 1,000. I have the large mealies in a beetles & pupae in a Country Crock bucket. The small/invisible mealies are in a brownie tray. The feeder mealies are in a 6 cup Tupperware dish. These are still going just fine & feeding 4 leos.

 

[Hayabusa]

Thanks!

Getting 500g mealworms and 500 brown crickets tomorrow.

Gonna be feeding them and trying to get them to start a happy family / food supply.

 

[Kellyr]

I started mine with only 50 worms and I add new ones every 2 weeks, I am feeding 2 adults and 8 sub-adults with some mealies left over

 

[Snowy & Petra de Gecko]

Smallest Colony Size

In a couple of months, can you post your results on the crickets.