If Lubbers are poisonous, why are they in the Menu?

Crickets are good i have tried lemon flavored crickets from mexico before, it is better to pull there legs off before you eat them.:D
 
I accidentally stepped on an escapee cricket this morning. I was shocked at how gushy it was. I needed a paper towel to clean it up.:eek:

I can't imagine crickets tasting good. They stink something bad.
 
camshaft said:
I accidentally stepped on an escapee cricket this morning. I was shocked at how gushy it was. I needed a paper towel to clean it up.:eek:

I can't imagine crickets tasting good. They stink something bad.
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I been told, and have used certain plant foods that seem to reduce bad smelling cricket odors. I use the word reduce, only because I keep, at any given time, a minimum of 5000 crickets.
 
Sorry to necropost, but has anyone had luck breeding Lubbers on a non toxic diet and feeding them to reptiles? I just caught about 50 lubbers in the wild and would like to start breeding them, but don't want to poison my pets.
 
Lubbers are toxic no matter what you feed them. They are in a completely different family (Romaleidae) from what we consider typical grasshoppers (Acrididae). They have advanced toxin sequestration mechanisms that can mix and match compounds from non-toxic plants to create noxious chemicals, which are then stored in the thorax region of the exoskeleton. Theoretically, you can feed them immediately after molting, before they have a chance to rebuild their poison stores in the fresh exoskeleton, but given the narrow window, this is a tedious way to feed your animals 😆
 
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