Live food

For the human dietary practice of live foodists, see Raw food diet.

Live food is exactly what it sounds like, food for animals which is alive. It is commonly used as feed for a variety of species of exotic pets. Common live food ranges from crickets, locusts, waxworms, mealworms and to a lesser extent cockroaches.

Variety of live food

Live foods commonly available are crickets (both Gryllus bimaculatus and Acheta domesticus commonly), waxworms (Galleria Mellonella), mealworms (Tenebrio molitor), Giant mealworms (Zoophobas morio) and locusts (a number of species are seen commonly). There are however many more species used such as butter worms, phoenix worms, a variety of cockroach species, silk worms and more. Template:Articles with unsourced statements