Catching/Freezing Bugs

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Yeah I dont see why freezing them would cause them to lose any nutritional value. I could see them lose a minor amount due to sublimation of some of the bugs juices, but I dont know.
 
Like I said, I live in the woods, the closest thing to pesticides is probably 6 miles away and since I live on an Island they would have to be swimming over here across 5 miles of open water. So really the pesticides is the least of my worries. I want to freeze them for a winter time snack! I do feed them fresh and alive right now, but I cant really go out and catch some in 5 feet of snow during the winter months, thats why I thought I could save/freeze some, just an idea really.
 
Any time you boil or heat something, you alter the protein. When you freeze, the crystalization process gradually destroy the tissues. That is why with some meat, you need to throw them out after 8 months or so, and others are fine being frozen for extended period of time.

Breeding my own bugs is a lot easier and more readily avaliable than trying to catch them in my own yard. I can easily get a colony of 10,000+ mealworms, which are more for the wild birds, going within a couple of months with just a handful of them, a bucket and some oatmeal or other grain products. If it wasn't for breeding bugs, I would be broke and my specimen would be starving off of wild-caught bugs and store-bought bugs.

Also you can have a year-around supply as well. It is really easy to breed bugs as well... even the ones from the wild. Field slugs (not the toxic pest variety), mealworms, and crickets are easy to set up within a month. Cockroaches are also ready to go in about 3 to 6 months depending on the species.

However, you can just freeze them and save them for later. It's not like the fish are going to depend on it for their survival.
 
boisblancboy;981220; said:
Like I said, I live in the woods, the closest thing to pesticides is probably 6 miles away and since I live on an Island they would have to be swimming over here across 5 miles of open water. So really the pesticides is the least of my worries. I want to freeze them for a winter time snack! I do feed them fresh and alive right now, but I cant really go out and catch some in 5 feet of snow during the winter months, thats why I thought I could save/freeze some, just an idea really.
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I noticed you live in Michagin. Do you have to worry about mercury levels in the lake water? Or in the bugs that live there?
 
Never heard anything about high mercury levels around here.
 
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