Yes, we have an abundance of mesquite here. Some people think it's the state tree. I use the bettles on occasion when I find seed pods with them. I've used different things to get feeding response back up when some HLs got burned out on the standard fare, but I'm very conservative with what I don't know.

Right now my female hernandesi is on food strike after wanting nothing but Pogos for the last 2 months. She is just getting over about 12 weeks of illness, and just now back over 40g. I really think the Pogos had something to do with the recovery. I had 6 that were ill, and none if them improved until it finally got warm enough to gather Pogos. The juvenile solare has doubled her weight just since I started gathering Pogos. I believe I responded to a post about solare weights a while ago, and cited a weight of 25-27g or so for her. She is now 44g. The hernandesi at the present time cares only for anything with wings. Won't touch a cricket, or waxworm, dusted or not. Watching her have a go at June bugs is quite entertaining, but she can't tackle that. I have experimented with what appears to be Mayflys, and she does likes those.


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