how would the pet stores get them then? im paying 10 bucks for 50 crickets out here when i could be getting 1000 for the same price online.![]()
aloha friend. i usually get my crickets from moanalua petstore, they have silkworms there every now and then as well. i have been researching this exact same topic, however not for crickets but for worms. its not ILLEGAL to ship crickets/worms here, but you have to have a permit from the dept. of agriculture (sp?)
in addition to that, you have to pay something close to 25 bucks at the declariations office to inspect the cargo. i have been asking my fav petstore owners where they get their silkworms because my jacksons LOVE em and i can hand feed them.. and they said they cant get em from mainland because they always die in shipping - either from freezing in flight, or from cooking sitting in the declarations office. - said his worms come from a buddie on maui that sends em over every now and then.
1 buck for 10 of the jucy little buggers.. i usually buy em out the second i see they have em.
hope this helps!