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to their dart frogs? I was reading that they are only about an 8th of an inch long. I did order some but if i can feed my darts im sure some one else in my group will eat them but wanted to ask first before i fed them off. Thank you

I'm planning to try some Phoenix worms soon myself. They are a small fly larvae, apparently high in calcium, which is nice. As an occasional supplement to fruit flies, any variety of edible insects and their larvae would be good to use when you can. Rice flour beetle larvae, pinhead crickets, springtails, and of course field plankton caught with a net in season (provided you have a pesticide free area for collection), aphid infested plant leaves, small baby isopods, all make the darts' diet more diverse. Some people feed small pavement or sugar ants, but you need to make sure your frogs are going to eat them first, by feeding just a few. My frogs especially go for leaf hoppers. There is nothing wrong with variety from a diet of fruit flies, as long as it's pesticide-fee.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

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