Chlidonias

locust tank

1 November 2012
Well, that's far from an inspiring exhibit. Have you done any work on yours yet Chlidonias?
 
And I can only see two (possibly three) locusts. It'd be nice to see a 'swarm' of them.
 
Well, that's far from an inspiring exhibit. Have you done any work on yours yet Chlidonias?
funny you should ask about that! I was going to do an update soon.

Briefly, it didn't work out as planned (because of the size and construction of the tank I couldn't get it heated properly and it turned out that locusts don't move towards heat sources as reptiles are smart enough to do). So now I'm turning it into a terrarium for the Reeves' turtle, which is almost finished. The locusts are off-display for now. I'll be setting up a better (purpose-built) display tank for locusts in the near future.
 
funny you should ask about that! I was going to do an update soon.

Briefly, it didn't work out as planned (because of the size and construction of the tank I couldn't get it heated properly and it turned out that locusts don't move towards heat sources as reptiles are smart enough to do). So now I'm turning it into a terrarium for the Reeves' turtle, which is almost finished. The locusts are off-display for now. I'll be setting up a better (purpose-built) display tank for locusts in the near future.

Couldn't you have taught them to move towards the heat source???:D

You'll have to add a picture of the Reeve's Turtle exhibit once its completed, sounds pretty good.
 

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