Breeding Crickets
How To Breed Crickets
When your crickets are 3 - 4 weeks old, they are old enough
to breed. If you have many mouths to feed, breeding crickets can be very economical,
however; their containers will take some space, and adult crickets NEVER stop chirping. So, if
you plan to breed very many, be prepared.
You will need extra containers to keep different sized crickets in. Larger crickets
will eat the babies. They have different temperature requirements throughout their
life span as well.
You can start the breeding process with 20 crickets. Starting with
20 crickets (10 male/10 female) will yield approx. 1000 crickets. Male crickets
have 2 extrusions on their backend, females have 3. The third extrusion on the female
is the 'ovipositor' and is used to lay eggs.
Keep your breeders at 85 degrees, be sure to have adequate ventilation. Use a margarine
tub or comparable container and fill it with DAMP soil or peat moss. Check every day or two and spray the soil/peat moss when needed.
This is where the female will lay her eggs. Place screening over this container to keep the males from eating the eggs. The female should be able to insert her ovipositor through the screen to lay her eggs.
The female, once bred, will begin laying 5 - 10 eggs daily, until she lays approx. 100
eggs in her lifetime. The eggs hatch within 2 weeks.
Remove your 'egg laying' container to another 85 degree container every week (and replace it) for as long as the breeders live. This will
prevent the breeders from eating the babies. Within 2 weeks, baby crickets will emerge.
Provide plenty of moisture sources for the baby crickets as they dehydrate easily. Keep them at 75 - 85 degrees for the first 2 weeks.
Provide baby crickets with the same food sources as adult crickets.
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