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Man he is just so beautiful!

Hey Sandra Congrats on the 10,000 posts!

I've seen this also but they always remove the stinger first.

Most people use the 11" wide Flex Watt tape.

I'm curious too since those are what turn into June Bugs.

+1 and I also use Sandra Fruit and Veggies Gutload

Looks great what are you using as a heat source?

They are extremely easy to breed and very very cheap especially if you can find a mulberry tree.

Josh's frogs has multiple ones to choose from

They key at first is providing enough "smell" that makes the females want to come in a lay, they will only lay above an area that they know is a food source, how much "smell" is anyone's guess. I tried a screen enclosure at first and I just could not get it to go, but I probably gave up to soon...

lol, my wife gives me grief all the time. "Are you on another bug site, what possibly more could learn about bugs?" Just a warning it can get pretty nasty considering it is composting rotting fruits and vegetables. It is by far the main thing I try to keep hidden on the side of the house from...

You can, I have a full setup that produces 1000's a month, just check out the setups they have on http://www.blacksoldierflyfarming.com/. This is the one I built http://www.blacksoldierflyfarming.com/bsf-marketplace/3-bsf-composting-units/5-bsf-bio-composter

Summer in Texas consists of trying not to melt!

No Homedepot and Lowes do not carry it you have to order it, Here is where he is talking about http://incubatorwarehouse.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=flex+watt

Depending on how old the crickets are you can keep them alive for weeks, I think their life span is about 6-7 weeks. I typically buy 4 weeks old ones and keep and feed them off for a month with almost no deaths. Just always keep food and a water source like water crystals available all the time...