Orthoptera

Nicholson, Daniel J., Tapley, Benjamin, Jayson, Stephanie, Dale, James, Harding, Luke, Spencer, Jenny, Sulton, Machel, Durand, Stephen & Cunningham, Andrew A., 2017, Development of in-country live food production for amphibian conservation: The Mountain Chicken Frog (Leptodactylus fallax) on Dominica, West Indies, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 149) 11 (2), pp. 59-68 : 64

Orthoptera

Gryllodes sigillatus and G. assimilis cultures were successful and populations of both species have yielded approximately 50 adults per week to date (over a period of approximately seven and 2 years, respectively). Both species were readily consumed by captive L. fallax . However, although readily consumed by L. fallax , the live culture of C. dominica had a poor outcome. The reproductive output was consistently very low, hatchlings had high mortality rates, and adults had short lifespans. In 2015, five years after its establishment, the population finally collapsed when all surviving adults died without reproducing. The species is very common across Dominica, therefore restarting the culture was not deemed viable due to the ease of collecting animals from the wild and the unsuitability of the species for large scale production.