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look up the law of conservation of matter. it's a complicated topic. the animal doesn't just "change shape", it literally breaks down fats to convert them to proteins, but in many species, there's a requirement to feed after emergence to have optimized protein/fat amounts I still need the...

would you post the god damn link so I can see what stage of the life-cycle they analyzed? the chart isn't useful for that info

Jesus Christ man you can't retain the same nutritional composition across metamorphosis that's not how the law of conservation of mass works who TF is certifying the protein content? and are you sure it's Calliphora?

crested gecko food!

yes, but don't get into a habit of using freshly eclosed flies as a staple!

Tom you know I love you very much but I have a question for you how energetically costly do you think metamorphosis is? Do you realize emergent flies require food and water within about 12 hours because of how much of their larval nutrients they used up to turn into flies?

grow tents my dude

if it's a male, he may not wanna eat anyway my ghosts are the ones who get shafted if i'm low on food and they always end up just fine

I'll make a YT vid on this later today, ok?

all spoken for now

until the end of next month, ooth sales are US only! Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii ooth $55 Creobroter apicalis larger ooth $40, smaller ooth $25 plus shipping, includes insulation/heat pack, around $15 unless you want a faster shipping method!

well you're old and from the midwest. I'm not in any way surprised :P

IDK but she owes me money now and I'm going to hurt the other roommate who put cigarettes in the sink

Did I not say you need to set the heat tape to about 10 degrees higher than the target heat due to heat loss and air space?

so this week has been really strenuous for me on Monday, roommate A told roommate B he had covid, so I started isolating because school policy right? Well a few things happened after that roommate B got mad because she thought roommate A ate her kielbasa and was like "I don't have money for a...

just a heads-up my pronouns are they/them. Even though I'm not some morbidly obese AFAB with short, dyed hair doesn't mean I'm not an enby ;)

forgot to mention, if you can't afford a real air purifier, get a few cheap square fans and some filters (the purple wrapping ones are the most effective at filtering crap from the air) and affix the filter to the outlet of the fan and plug it in and set to high. It will filter the air just fine!!

I bought some things from Yen this week, mostly some extra males for breeding projects because of cannibalism (some of it was for my roommate), and Yen sent some very healthy mantises the package was delayed but other than the mantises being a tiny bit dehydrated, they were super healthy and happy!!