Bean weevils

[ajc]

Has anyone had any success with caudates taking bean weevils (I'm looking at you Mark ;-) ? If so, which species?

 

[Mark]

My Eurycea and smaller Desmognathus will take them. I also had success feeding them to Calotriton juveniles. They're certainly not top of my list of feeders but it's good to offer a variety. Small beetles form a sizable proportion of insecta found in wild newt stomach analysis. I think newts accustomed to the luxury of soft bodied prey (often delivered on tweezers direct to mouth, aah bliss) will turn their nose up at them.

 

[coendeurloo]

They dissapear very slowly in my tanks. The only species probably not eating them are my juvenile marmoratus. I will monitor it more closely now I heard that they are very nutricious.