Update on our Assassin bugs breeding success 

Awesome Update Dave! Beautiful enclosures the adults have too and nice simple ones for the babies! Much love from Canada Dave!

Dave: “isn’t that a wonderful sight!?” Me: No 😱

I'm with camera lady. If my husband insisted on this I'd only come in at feeding and baby time. Lol

So cool! I had never considered keeping these - I should consider getting some!

I think you'd enjoy those Wheel Assassin Bugs (Arilus cristatus)

Ahhhh i saw a baby in the cup before you dumped it. 8:13 or was i seeing things?

It's incredible the difference in size from adults to babies.

I was umming and ahhing about assassin bugs but after watching this video its a definite yes I need some in my collection!

Wow the baby assassin bugs are absolutely stunning, and the white dots on the adults are so beautiful! The babies look like little flower buds from afar ❤️ I love watching your videos and training my brain to stop being auto-afraid of these lil non-creepy crawlies!

Where do you get those extra large deli cups?

Just curious but how do assassin bugs reproduce? Are they asexual or is there a queen or queens?

💚💚💚 👈👈👈 These are jealousy green hearts 😂😂😂

You finally did it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

If you want to see them fly Dave... Turn all the lights off on a hot summer's night and give it an hour or so... They will fly around all over the place. They make quite a racket as they all fly around like attack helicopters for hours on end! Enjoy :)

Do they molt fine within smaller terrestrial set up?

My P horrida just bred and I have just into the teens of babies so far!!! So excited! I love them! I'm doing a little experiment with the babies. I'm keeping these 13 or so seperate from the adults, and any more that hatch will stay with the adults, and I'm going to see which do better.

Definitely call that a success. Well done!

Lovely feeding from Camera lady

I can already tell this mans channel is gonna blow up real quick

If only I had the money and equipment to get some, maybe in a few months lol.

You can tell he’s really into the assassin bugs lol

Hi I’ve got some assassin bugs that have just had babies can I leave them all together with the adults or have they got to be separated? Love your channel 👍

Voracious assassin bugs, brilliant Dave, I'm delighted the breeding has been successful and another awesome job by yourself and camera lady. Super video as usual Dave.

Incredable Dave! Its an explosion of Assasins. When you opened the container of baby white spots my mouth dropped open..just blown away! Good on ya.

That's a LOT of bugs ! They do seem quite prolific once you've got the key to keeping them. Loved the feeding session. Very cool ! Stay safe and thanks for sharing :)

Very informational.i just got 10. Of these.a few adults. Juveniles and babies.i learned quit a few tips from your vid. I keep tarantulas also but these are much more fun to watch because they are more active

They're awesome! Well done :-) I'm kinda tempted but I need to concentrate on my isopods, plus I'd need to gently persuade Mr A before I take on any new species.

Congrats Dave! Good to see your bugs are breeding. Get ready for literally hundreds of the little blighters! Mine took about 8-9 months to produce the next generation. It's very interesting that you didn't have success keeping them arboreally. Both my white spot and horrida are kept arboreally and they have bred so prolifically that I cannot give them away fast enough! Mine just dump their eggs on the substrate. Under the substrate. On the cork bark... Basically anywhere. At one point this year I think I had about 350 horrida... I almost couldn't breed enough roaches and crickets fast enough for them! The terrestrial set-up looks good as well and I can see why it works. Perhaps I will try it at some point. Assassin bugs are awesome! Greetings from Norway :)

Hi Dave They are both pretty, with different color markings. They sure produce a lot of babies. It was nice to have some one in the hobby help you. I bet the camera lady enjoys a break from counting sling's to feed the assasian bug's. They sure like to be hand fed. Cindy

I set mines up in a container bin like roaches and they are breeding like crazy

Arwwww soooooooo oooooo cute! I'm in the UK buddy I'm sooooo interested in purchasing a few of these 😁

Congrats on the success guys!! Great stuff!!

that was the coolest looking egg

Nice video Dave, im gonna look where they sell those in europe :-D

Lovely looking bugs and well done on the breeding.

17.08 am ı the only one hearing someobe whispering somethink like "keep it go"

Can you breed 1 of your red n black spiny assassin bugs n 1 twin white spot yellow leg ban assassin bug to make a rainbow colored assassin bug 🧐

Amazing vid and brill colours ...

another fine video PROFF, amazing how a simple change in enclosure has you with a BIG BIG smile. well done camera lady --thanks for sharing your success.

Seriously enjoyed this video, gotto get me some of them! Too bad you can't post to the US

Nice one buddy loads and loads now 😁😁😁😁😁

I am not really into bugs and spiders, but your channel increases my knowlegde about these creatures !!! maybe even a little less scared..... I love your enthusiasm

I always thought that the stabbing part was called a rostrum.do you have any for sale?

Hello great video update Dave

Very cool Dave! Excellent video. These little guys are awesome!

This was an amazing video Dave. Incredible to watch the assassin bugs feed on the roaches. Great stuff as always. 👍

They are so awesome dave

Bravo Bravo very well done Dave & Camera Lady aka Camera master that was so enjoyable and satisfying keep em coming so much fun to watch bless you both .👏

Great video as usual ! ❤️ for bugs

Yay! Congrats Dave! You’ve finally cracked it. The adults creep me out but the babies are so pretty!

I love the ones with the white spots, they are so pretty :) Congrats on successfully breeding your bugs! The babies of both species are also so cool looking with their yellow legs!

Alright Dave we got 8 assassin bugs from you Approx 1 year ago we have only 3 of them left but we looked in on them today & we have approx 12 baby assassin bugs now so we are buzzing

When it comes to assasinbugs u really just need to wait :). been breeding them for year

Great Vid Dave thanks mate

Nice to see pal

Hi Dave and Camera Lady! Repticon was great fun and a even more fun with my older granddaughter and her bf. Spent more than I should...lol. Bought myself a GBB 1 inch sling and she is a beauty! Also I got a lovely juvenile b. emilia who has a serious attitude problem, but she'll settle down soon enough in her enclosure. The i bought the cutest little Pac-man frog with a voracious appetite. T.albo babies doing well in the incubator and I think I already lined up a buyer for them. He was excited since my t.albo is Nicaraguan species not the Honduran hobby form. Repticon was not at all crowded due to the covid restrictions they had set up. Had to buy tickets online and show them on your phone at the door. Masks a must and time was limited to two hours. But two hours was just fine as the people didn't push or shove and the number of people was only about 75 or so. And it was a lovely day as well. Be well you two and be safe.

In the future, could you do some kind of setup where you are able to have a piece of bark for the hatchlings to start to grab on to, then move it to the new deli cup? Perhaps a temp deli cup over the cup where they hatch. That make any sense? lol

Beautiful animals! 😍😍😍

The dark den on RU-vid keeps these also

Amazing critters love the fact your always learning , got to be honest in this hobby I’ve had lots of help from people and everyone have been nice including yourself.

You are going to get me in trouble with my wife because now I want Assassin bugs lol keep up the great work

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those babies are adorable, thanks for an intro to these bugs

Wow! That’s a lot 😍

Really enjoyed that Dave,just got my first five white spot nymphs.i ordered some brown silent crickets.they are between 2-6 millimetres.do think the nymphs can handle them or should I just get fruit flies?

From what age can they bite, and also how often do you have to clean their containers?

Won't these things bite your lips and then take a crap in it?

Omg look at all of them that’s insane how many eggs per female?

Feeding time was so cool!

The horrida can take adult hissers. Glad to see your success.

If you like assassin bugs you might also like Arilus cristatus common name wheel bug they look like they have a circular saw blade on their back very beautiful and the coloration is stunning

I went to local pet store today and person who works there handed me one nymph. He doesn’t want it, my lucky day. I am definitely considering getting it some friends. The substrate it came with is pretty damp so we will rehouse it in the morning. Good video, thanks for the info!

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Interesting. How often do you feed them? Don't the babies also need water?

The Southern California red assassin bug loves sun bathing , I notice at my local nature walk park on sunrise and sunset they’ll be on the cement or rocks at the warmest times , maybe a tiny heat rock or heat lamp might help them thrive .

Oh I love them! I'm going to a local reptile expo next month here in the US and maybe I'll see some. If not, maybe I'll get some some day. Would love to see what we have.

Assassin bugs fascinate me totally.the prey is paralysed almost immediately after the rostrum hits the mark!✌️

Dave--what are you going to do with all of these? Do you sell them? I feel like they are already breeding exponentially!

Such a bunch of babies. That was wild. Congrats on them.

As go back and watch these older vids I marvel at the evolution of the beastie room.

what size tanks are those, where can I find them?

but first like hehe😣

The bark in the white spot nursery looks like sloth from The Goonies

How did I miss this video? Can't believe I missed this one

Brilliant videos dave injoy them alot can I ask have you got plans to do a room tour of all your animals you keep ,

My only question is setting them up terrestrially, are you still providing spots for them to free hang when molting?

Lovely. Just won a starter colony of these and they look like a whole world of fun. Cant wait to get them and setup their enclosure. Thanks as always Dave

Just catching up on this report, Dave. Congratulations! Brilliant solution -- have adopted the method myself. Cheers. -- Jim

Ooo there so cute 😍

Great video Dave they are awesome I've been thinking of getting some for sometime.thanks for sharing.

These insects might be the strangest in design when it comes to how they feed. Literally a spear like appendage with a vacuum attachment. Brilliant. Although the adults can be rather clumsy and humorous.

Hi Dave a got four red spot assassin bugs juvenile’s today.they are big and have a lot of spines which makes me think they are giant spiny abs.do red spots have spines???

WOW, now i need these bugs!!!

But...what do you do once you have them successfully breeding? Do you sell them? Are they in that much demand? Do they stop breeding of their own accord if the population density gets too high, or do they start to predate each other?

Wow.... They're so cool! The way they go for the food was amazing to see! Great Video man 🤙

That feeding at 16:20 reminds me of Alf waiting for someone to feed him a cat. lol

My nymphs were taking 5 mill crickets not probs.

What is the purpose of raising these assassin bugs? How do they fit into the ecology system? Can they eat hornets as well?

i SEE some Kissing BUGS...

Success! Very cool. I trust individuals like yourself, but aren't these assassin bugs a bit dangerous to humans? Something about them having a really nasty bacteria that could spread if they had bitten you?