Would you consider breeding insects to make money?

Hi Myfb, I think those neighbors to the right or left of his house must have hated him for that! I cannot imagine anyone next to me breeding cockroaches. If they want to do that, they better get a place in the middle of the plantations. Crickets are not too bad, even though they are just noisy, and smelly. At least they do not bite, and they do not cause people to get sick.

At that time, my ex-home is only a house away from this neighbor. So, i can always hear the cricket noisy sound and smell the stinky smell from his garden especially when the wind blowing from his way.Luckily, he moves to a nearby village which have a bigger land, so he can breed fishes, crickets and cockroaches, too. I heard that he also planting vegetables in his farm, too.

Yes, from what i had heard, he had bought a big land that can built 3 houses link together. And he had make quite good fortune from breeding all those insects and fishes. Even his vegetables farms seems flourishing, too...At least he had achieved his goal to become his own boss before the age of 50...

You do raise a good point. It makes a lot of sense. I think that the things is that I don't really like insects, but you raise a point that I hadn't considered.

Hi Dodo, actually those who breed insects cannot love them as pets. Otherwise they would not sell the insects away. Most buyers use the insects as baits to catch fish or to feed to their bigger predator pets. i think those commercial breeder of insects are doing it purely out of business instinct. If they had loved the insects, I think they would cry when they think about the dear insects dying in the mouth of the fishes.

Hi JPso138, if your family does not mind, I think you can start to think about breeding feeder fish and insects for making money. You will be surprised to see how much information is available online. It seems that this kind of business is picking up momentum everywhere in the world. Some people are feeding feeder fish for selling to hobbyists or those how like to catch bigger fish. The feeder fish serves as food and baits. Some are breeding worms for selling to the same audience too.

One of my ex-neighbor is breeding cockroaches and crickets. He uses them as a bait for fishing. We and the other neighbors are always complaining about the stink smell that we smell from their garden. Luckily, they moved away after buying another new home with bigger land. Because he planned to feed fishes for commercial purposes.

Hi Dragon54u, I think if you were to breed cockroaches now, your neighbors will not talk to you for months! There are some people breeding cockroaches for hobbyists or those who like to fish in the river. I think the cockroach makes a good bait for the fisherman. Cricket is another matter. The only problem is that they are very noisy, and if you keep them in confine space, they can smell very bad too.

Hi Waflay, I think you are not an aquarium hobbyist. If you are, you definitely know that there is a market for all sorts of insects. You can take a look at the local fish shop in your area, and you can see how well the feeder fish, and the insects are selling. Many aquarium hobbyists with big predator fish spend a lot of money buying insects and feeder fish. The problem is that the insects may not be very healthy since they are kept in very crowded environment. If you can provide better solution, you can have a steady flow of customers for your insects. I also will not breed for fun, not even for business, since crickets are noisy, and smelly when kept in a confine space.

Hi Varier, I am not interested in insects too. If not because of my dear fish, I would never want a single cricket inside my apartment at all. Over here, most of us live in high rise apartment, and breeding insects, especially one as noisy as crickets, is out of question. I think my neighbors will not like it so much. Some people breed crickets as food for bigger animals or other pets. Hardly anyone makes a lot of money from breeding insects, except for those commercial breeders.

Hi Con, I think many people never even think of breeding insects to earn some money. If they have, and their family can tolerate the idea, I think they will go for it. It is hard to think of breeding insects as a full time job, since most insects do not need our full time attention. Crickets do make a lot of noise, and smell very much like urine left out in the hall. I think if a person has a big enough garden, then he may not suffer from the smell of crickets so much.