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Chameleons are insectivores and should only be feed live bugs that have been gutloaded and supplemented. When planning out your chameleon’s diet you need to make sure you include lots of variety, as well as making sure you are feeding them nutritious bugs. Some healthy bugs you can feed on a regular basis include crickets, dubia roaches, silkwormsblack soldier fly larvae, locusts, red runner roaches, black soldier flies, blue bottle flies, hawkmoths, silk moths, wax moths, etc. Some bugs that are great to feed to your chameleon as an occasional treat would be: superworms, hornworms, wax worms, and mealworms. You will want to avoid feeding your chameleon things like butterworms, earth worms, spiders, fruits & veggies, freeze dried bugs, and bugs from outside.

Where you can buy bugs online

Buying bugs online is usually cheaper, offers more variety, and are typically healthier bugs for your chameleon. Here are some places I’ve shopped at and recommend:

Dubia — 15% off discount link

Josh’s Frogs — They have the most variety of bugs

Bugs you can feed all of the time

  • Crickets

    Buy
  • Dubia roaches

    Buy
  • Black soldier fly larvae

    Buy
  • Silkworms

    Buy
  • Discoid roaches

    These are legal in Florida & Canada

    Buy
  • Blue Bottle flies

    Buy
  • Green bottle flies

    Buy
  • Black soldier flies

    Buy

Treat bugs you should only feed on occasion

  • superworms

    Buy
  • wax worms

    Buy
  • hornworms

    These grow really fast so it’d be best to wait until your chameleon is 6+ months old

    Buy
  • mealworms

    Buy