Repashy SuperFoods Grub Pie (Insectivore Gel)

Repashy SuperFoods Grub Pie is a meal-replacement gel premix built for insectivorous reptiles and amphibians, made in the USA by Repashy Ventures. Where a lot of reptile foods lean on processed pellets, Grub Pie is built around cold-pressed Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) meal as its dominant ingredient, so it smells and tastes like the invertebrate prey these animals actually hunt. That scent does much of the work: it triggers a feeding response in species that often refuse dried or pelleted food, and bearded dragons, skinks, monitors, salamanders and geckos frequently take it on first offering.

The mix is insect-based first and foremost, rather than a token amount of insect meal stirred into a plant or fish base. Cold-pressed BSFL meal makes up the bulk of it, which brings a naturally favourable calcium balance and a high-quality, digestible protein that stays consistent from batch to batch, unlike wild-caught insects that vary with whatever they last ate. It is fortified with added calcium and carries carotenoids from ingredients such as marigold and paprika to support natural colour. Being honest about it, this is first a diet for insectivorous reptiles and amphibians rather than an invertebrate food, though it still earns a place in an invert room for a different reason.

Preparation is quick. It arrives as a fine powder that you reconstitute with hot water, stirring to a smooth gel you can serve firm, dry into jerky, or thin into a slurry or paste depending on what your animal prefers. For an invert keeper, Grub Pie is a convenient, high-protein BSFL supplement that isopods and millipedes take readily, which makes it useful for pushing growth and conditioning a breeding colony. Offer it sparingly alongside their leaf-litter base, treat it as a top-up rather than a staple, and lift any leftovers before they spoil. If you already run Repashy's Morning Wood as your everyday detritivore supplement, Grub Pie sits neatly beside it as an occasional protein boost, much as dried silkworm pupae do. Reptile keepers running live feeders can also gut-load their crickets and roaches with Bug Burger so the insects carry more nutrition themselves.

Because it is a dry powder, a sealed pack keeps cool and dry for a long time, which beats keeping a live insect culture going purely for the protein when you only need the occasional supplement. It is a sensible thing to have on the shelf whether you keep reptiles, amphibians, or a growing collection of isopods and other inverts, and you will find the rest of our feeding kit in the accessories collection.