Heating Crickets (advice wanted)

[Slavkleos]

I keep my crickets in a plastic 80L container and I need a way to heat them. I have a little heatpad that does not do enough to get them to breed. It's usually in the early 20s during the day. It's winter in Australia. About a quarter of the roughly 430 are mature.

 

[viper69]

Ambient heater perhaps.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I keep my crickets in a plastic 80L container and I need a way to heat them. I have a little heatpad that does not do enough to get them to breed. It's usually in the early 20s during the day. It's winter in Australia. About a quarter of the roughly 430 are mature.

Where are your room temperatures in Fahrenheit?

 

[Slavkleos]

Around the mid 70s.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Around the mid 70s.

They should still breed any idea what type of cricket?

 

[Slavkleos]

One of the common breeding species, probably house. I sourced them off CricketKing. I hear chirping but see no eggs.

 

[Brewser]

Banded
Optimal Breeding Temperature between 80 to 90 Fahrenheit / 27 to 32 Celsius.

 

[Slavkleos]

House cricket, how to I heat them? There's nothing suitable in my room to keep them at the required temperature.