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<blockquote data-quote="MBullock" data-source="post: 215716" data-attributes="member: 33994"><p>These are great for phids. Large enough for them to run away. You should co-hab them for a while as slings, wait til they start to cannibalize to separate them. </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.educationalscience.com/butterfly-cages[/URL]</p><p> I would just put the mom's enclosure inside and open the door and keep it open, let the slings escape into the screen cage and put a light over it so they head to the light, making it easier to open the screen door and feed or separate. You can make a 'pooter' to collect the slings easily.</p><p> </p><p>You will have a far easier time keeping the phid slings communally for the first few instars. once they hit i4 they will begin to fight and at that stage they're large enough for small mealworms and easier to separate. </p><p></p><p> To feed them communally, simply just put a fruit fly container in there, or better yet, let fruit get infested outside then put the fruit inside the screen cage- perpetual fruit fly dispenser <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p>Vials are too small. use 4-5 oz delicups when they reach i4. </p><p></p><p>If you can get them, newborn red runners are fantastic and often two slings will share one nymph.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MBullock, post: 215716, member: 33994"] These are great for phids. Large enough for them to run away. You should co-hab them for a while as slings, wait til they start to cannibalize to separate them. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.educationalscience.com/butterfly-cages[/URL] I would just put the mom's enclosure inside and open the door and keep it open, let the slings escape into the screen cage and put a light over it so they head to the light, making it easier to open the screen door and feed or separate. You can make a 'pooter' to collect the slings easily. You will have a far easier time keeping the phid slings communally for the first few instars. once they hit i4 they will begin to fight and at that stage they're large enough for small mealworms and easier to separate. To feed them communally, simply just put a fruit fly container in there, or better yet, let fruit get infested outside then put the fruit inside the screen cage- perpetual fruit fly dispenser :P Vials are too small. use 4-5 oz delicups when they reach i4. If you can get them, newborn red runners are fantastic and often two slings will share one nymph. [/QUOTE]
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