Cricket breeding.

[jade4321]

Can anyone give me a good answer on how to breed crickets? Its getting expensive and I have have looked at it must have been ten different websites and videos about breeding crickets...... I just need to know, do I need to move the adult crickets from one cage to another after the lay eggs? Or can I just leave them in there with the nymphs?
Any answer would be most apreciated.

Jade~

 

[laurie]

The people I know all either move the eggs or the adults. That is all I can offer, after multiple try's I couldn't breed a cricket if I were starving.

 

[Solid Snake]

Lol I have set my mind to it FOUR times. I was very serious EACH time.
Ive never had eggs hatch. I have over 500 eggs sitting right now. They have been in the dirt for over a week now.So about to give up on them.
I have also read that you should seperate them, as the adults will eat them.
For what its worthI put females in a large bin with a layer of dirt on bottom this last time, and just cycled different females through it for a few days. Then I took out all the females. I liked this method best for getting them to lay. I can get them to lay no matter what though ;/
Hatching I still dont know

 

[mychamtini112012]

Don't you have to incubate their eggs at a certain temperature for them to hatch...?

 

[Solid Snake]

Don't you have to incubate their eggs at a certain temperature for them to hatch...?

Yes.
I read around 85-88F.

 

[sdheli420]

here is my set up with cleaning techniques..

hope this gives you some ideas..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9EUEbQZ4mU

set up..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UOMX_jnKnU

and cleaning parts 1 and 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REkopkdWI1I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEnNyvfr5oY


good luck

 

[Whatcamo]

https://www.chameleonforums.com/my-cricket-rearing-tub-74765/
Here's my set up

 

[jade4321]

Thanks for all these great posts!! I am MOST apreciative!
Oh and Solid snake, even though im the one asking the question about crickets, i still need to ask you something, do you use dirt with the fertilizer beeds, if you do that can kill eggs, and also keep the dirt wet is a must, the eggs with dry out and die from that too.

 

[lumbasammler]

I simply place some sort of box with dirt with the adults and cover the box with mesh so they don´t eat the eggs.
After a few days i move the box/es to a bigger container whichh stands on a heatmat and spread the dirt on it´s ground.
It always takes a few weeks for them to hatch and i do not know the temperatures but it usually works out fine.
I spray the dirt with water once per day.

 

[Whatcamo]

Lol I have set my mind to it FOUR times. I was very serious EACH time.
Ive never had eggs hatch. I have over 500 eggs sitting right now. They have been in the dirt for over a week now.So about to give up on them.
I have also read that you should seperate them, as the adults will eat them.
For what its worthI put females in a large bin with a layer of dirt on bottom this last time, and just cycled different females through it for a few days. Then I took out all the females. I liked this method best for getting them to lay. I can get them to lay no matter what though ;/
Hatching I still dont know

It took closer to 2 weeks for mine I believe read up on my link!