Invertebrates for sale (Grow your own panfish and catfish bait!!)

[smokehound]

Scroll down to find Eleodes and other tenebrionid beetles, which are close relatives to mealworms! Unlike tenebrio and zophobas (meal and superworms), adult eleodes beetles live for several years, generating tons of larvae which grow larger than the usual mealworms, and grow just as fast! They're cheap!- Adults are $3.00 each, and breed prolifically! Their larvae prefer moist coconut fiber, and grow rapidly to bait-size! Easily raised, they will eat virtually anything! Unlike superworms, which reach a similar size, eleodes larvae do not need to be separated to pupate! Adults can live for over ten years, just a few 10 gallon aquariums with male/female pairs can generate hundreds of 'mealworms'! The adults make excellent pets!

Scaly crickets- $2.00 per dozen! great bait for panfish and trout!
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c177/smokehound/IMG_20130921_074731.png Attractive crickets that grow smaller than the domestic house cricket, which is sold for bait and pet food! If you're after panfish, consider rearing this species, which is far less cannibalistic than other cricket species, has a pleasant song, and looks attractive! keep on plain sand, give fruit for moisture, and fish flakes for food! These are prolific and easy to rear! Use small hooks!

I've explored a wide variety of habitats, collecting many different unique species in the process!


Scorpions
smeringurus mesaensis -$10.00
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smeringurus vachoni -$15.00 - NEW PRICE!
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paruroctonus silvestri -$10.00
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anuroctonus pococki -$10.00
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vaejovis waeringi -$10.00
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stahnkeus subtilimanus -$30.00- RARE!
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hadrurus arizonensis -$15.00 adult, $15.00 juveniles
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kochius i3-i4 scorpling -$20.00- RARE!
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Tarantulas
Aphonopelma eutylenum-type 3" juveniles- $15.00
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Aphonopelma iodius 5.5" female- $50.00
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A, iodius mature male- $20.00
A. iodius 3" juveniles- $15.00
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Beetles-- $5.00 ea, $15.00 per five- save ten dollars! (while stock lasts)

Eleodes are $3.00 ea, Five for $5.00 -NEW DEAL! (while stock lasts)

Cryptoglossa muricata
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Asbolus laevis
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Edrotes ventricosus (bottom two)
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Eleodes osculans- $3.00 Larvae can be used as bait for bluegills!- use small hooks!
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Eleodes acuticauda- $3.00 -Larvae can be used as bait for large bluegill and crappie!
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Eleodes dentipes- $5.00 mature male, includes female FREE -Larvae can be used as bait!
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Phloeodes diabolicus- $5.00 ea (two available)
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Nyctoporis carinata- $5.00 ea (two available)
Stethasida muricatula- $5.00 ea (six available)
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Coelocnemis californicus- $5.00 ea (two available) -Larvae get large and plump, and can be used as bait, beware of sharp mandibles and defensive tail-spines!
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Millipedes/centipedes

Scolopendra polymorpha- coastal foothills morph 3"- $10.00
Hiltonius pulchrus- $15.00 ea Large beautiful riparian millipedes!
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/attachment.php?attachmentid=132164&d=1416684336
Atopetholus californicus- $5.00 ea, five for $15.00!!
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Other insects/MISC

Small solifugid- $5.00 ea (three available)

southern california shoulderband snail- $10.00
Jerusalem crickets- $5.00 ea, $10.00 for mahogany species
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California camel crickets- $5.00 ea

LAG- I guarantee all animals will arrive unharmed and in excellent condition. if any arrive dead, you will be refunded! (minus shipping cost)
If any specimens act strangely within five hours of unboxing, inform me immediately, failure to do so will void LAG!

Shipping: $12.65 any state. USA ONLY.

[smokehound]

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Eleodes larva- looks just like a mealworm. They grow just as large as superworms, and do not have the sharp jaws that superworms have.

Just a few of these beetles, and you'll never need to buy live bait ever again!

[Ifishtoolittle]

Do you have anything that can be added to a compost pile? I recently added about 200 red wrigglers to my pile and they're multiplying fast, but my food scraps aren't disappearing as fast as I'd like.

[smokehound]

Do you have anything that can be added to a compost pile? I recently added about 200 red wrigglers to my pile and they're multiplying fast, but my food scraps aren't disappearing as fast as I'd like.That's a bit too harsh for these species, which mostly live in or under decomposing logs. One species that would do very well in your compost pile is the soldier fly, the larvae are commonly found in compost piles.

They mimic wasps as adults, and the larvae are large enough to use as bait. http://bugguide.net/node/view/7646

The black soldier fly is found here in socal. You probably already have some in there if it's an open pile (which they require)

Another compost-lover is the Drone fly, a large non-predatory syrphid fly, the larval form being the rat-tailed maggot, which grows quite large, makes excellent bait for trout and panfish.

I have neither, but an open compost pile will definitely attract both, especially in spring

[Viejo]

I am impressed. You have a wealth of knowledge about these creatures that most of us only think of as something to avoid. It is obvious that they are your life's passion to study and share information about.

[smokehound]

I am impressed. You have a wealth of knowledge about these creatures that most of us only think of as something to avoid. It is obvious that they are your life's passion to study and share information about.Thank you. Ever since I was young, i felt the general public urgently needs to learn about these animals, especially the species i've collected, which are in danger of being extirpated.

The general public's fear of some species causes some bad consequences.. here's an example:

people fear widow spiders thanks to the corporate media. People often go through great lengths to eradicate them from their homes, which ended up being a very poor decision, as the recent invasion of the brown widow, which is far less shy of humans, and builds much more annoying webs, has extirpated the black widow from nearly all urban areas in southern california!

thanks to the unnecessary fear and misinformation, we all have to deal with a widow species that has become a commensal species with humans, much like the brown rat. I've been bit by western black widows several times, and the venom isnt anywhere near deadly! It's painful, but that's it. I'd personally rather get bit by a widow than a dog or cat, both of which spend a lot of time licking their buttholes. :LOL:

[TUNAVIC]

Amazing,amazing is all I can say,those last two pics,I think you call them Jerusalem Crickets give me the chills just to look at,as a kid helping my dad turn over the lawn,I think I was actually bit by one on my hand,we called them potato bugs!
Different strokes for different folks,very cool though!

Cya Tuna Vic

[smokehound]

Oh, i have a monster female 'potato bug' that could give you a very painful bleeding wound. she's enormous, I'll add a pic. The coolest thing about them, IMO, is how they roll and their back and prepare to fight, it's so intimidating o_o

Smeringurus mesaensis and smeringurus vachoni are sold out!!

Hadrurus arizonensis- only one remains! get it while you still can, because I wont have any until late spring, 2015.