silverfish and fire brats

[nirotorin]

Anybody else tried breeding these things? So far I haven't had much luck. I've had around a dozen, or so adults since summer. I raised the temperature the other day. I'm thinking maybe that will help.

 

[Orin]

I've tried but you need high temps and then desiccation is an issue. And then only the mantids that eat anything consider eating them.

 

[Peter Clausen]

I raise both for dead stock sales, but neither is very prolific. The firebrats seem easier than the silverfish. Heat, dry, oatmeal and cardboard pieces. I think I got the firebrats from somebody here on the forum a while back. I make only a half effort with them, but don't really need them to do much better than they do.

I also half attempt a culture of jumping bristletails though they are easier for me to simply collect 9 months of the year as I need them. We also collect and ~maintain colonies of symphylans...and diplurans, I think. And other stuff

 

[nirotorin]

I'm not sure if I have firebrats, or silverfish. I just collected them off of some old plywood. They do seem a lot more active now that I've raised the temperature. I was planning on feeding them to Skilton skinks. I'm guessing I won't have enough of them for that for a while though.

Those symphylans look pretty interesting. Are they good feeders? How can I get a culture of those going?