So right now I'm trying to get crickets and superworms reproducing. The supers seem to be going a lot more smoothly than the crix. I've had ~50.150 chripping crickets for two-three weeks now and no pins yet.

I started trying organic soil, then backyard dirt mixed 50/50 with sand no avail yet...

and now straight sand (took this one out of the breeder box last night)

These hatching bins are sitting on top of the heat pad (on medium) that is on top of the breeder crix bin. They are lined with paper towel and are lightly misted every day. I am down to 50 feeders so I'm gonna have to re-up on crix early this week. Luckily I found a guy local that sells crix he started breeding for his beardies. Any pointers or tips you can think of to get these eggs laid and hatching I'm all ears!!!


The superworms are going great...

feeder supers, been buying from a local pet store seems good quality feeders

Pupating cambers

Pupae

BEETLES!!! have been hatching out of pupae over the last 3 days

Now only like 2-3 month till I'll have supers to feed off...haha Once I get the crickets producing, I'm gonna try breeding house flies and zebra silkies.


Thanks for looking and in advance for any pointers!!

when breeding superworms and putting them in the pupating chambers you are not supposed to have any food in there. Putting them in the divided box is to stop feeding and to force them to pupate rather than eat.

Great job with the supers!

If it makes you feel better, I have NEVER been good with crickets- the only time I got them to reproduce was on accident (not for lack of trying). I put some into my savannah monitors tank and one female escaped him and laid eggs. They hatched out and were really cute as pinheads.

I just buy crickets and have given up trying to produce my own. Roaches are so much easier.

Keep trying, though, you will get it eventually!!

This is true, but you can do what works for you and you seem to be doing fine.

It also helps if you put them somewhere dark.

I guess your right kenya I was just going by what I have learned

Ya I keep my chambers in the back of my closet underneath a blanket. There are a few guides out there that say to put no food in the chambers and others that say the opposite. The guide I used said to put the food in there. I've only had one worm die in the chambers and I'm thinking that no food would yield pupae faster but have more casualties. I can't back this up though since I've only tried it with food.

Well you seem to be doing a good job so im guessing it doesn't really matter if there is food or not. The next time I pupate supers again i am going to try half and half and see if there is a difference in the process.

I am also interested in any info on the crix breeding. We have started our own little crix operation in our office this weekend so we will see how it goes.

I got 40 large crix and there are at least two females that have already mated and are ready to lay. Hopefully they will soon and I will let you know how it goes.

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put a top on your cricket laying bins and cut a hole in the side or drill one big enough for adult crickets to crawl into and have the dirt moist like you do and then use a heat bulb a 50 watt will do fine but if its cool where you have them then a 75 watt will be needed , I to always seem to breed crickets on accident in my enclosures so i mimiced the same . heat light with good humidity and i had crap loads of pinheads i just wished i had some babies at the time to feed them off cause i ended up kicking about a million of the suckers on my floor one day lol it was like sand moving across the floor it was that many of them but try using a heat bulb on them it should give you those ambient temps to prodice babies

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I raise supers also. The way I do it is take plump supers and put one in a dipping cup, like the kind you get for salsa. I punch a hole in the cover for air and tuck it away in a drawer. NO FOOD. Within 3-4 days I have a pupae. I just leave the pupae in the cup for a couple weeks and the darkling beetle emerges. At that time I put it in a plastic box with some oatmeal and a chunk of raw potato. I usually do 12 at a time to get a nice breeding colony. I have a box of supers from my first attempt and working on my second. I think the die off is due to the super not being big enough and not ready to pupate.

My 2 cents for what it's worth.

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