Pinhead crickets are a nice treat, provided they are true pinheads (6 days old or so.) Dust them as with fruit flies. You can also collect "field plankton" if you have an area free from pesticides. Leaf hoppers, gnats, etc. can be caught with a net. If you don't have a "butterfly" net, look for aphids and just put the entire infested leaf in the tank. No, they will not infest your plants, and most darts eat them as if they were a decadent dessert. Aphids are plant species specialists, so those found on peas or fruit tree leaves for instance, will not infect your tropicals, even if the frogs fail to gobble them all. Just be sure the foliage has not been sprayed wherever you collect.
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Patty

Pahsimeroi, Idaho



D. auratus blue, auratus Ancon Hill, galactonotus orange, galactonotus yellow, fantasticus, reticulatus, imitator, castaneoticus, azureus, pumilio Bastimentos. P. lugubris, vittatus, terribilis mint green, terribilis orange.

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