Cricket eggs?

[Lorgakor]

*I did do a search on the topic, but I did not find the info I am looking for*

I witnessed a cricket laying eggs in the substrate under the water dish the other day. When I removed the cricket I saw there were some rice-ish shaped eggs in the water dish. I took the dish out and cleaned it thoroughly, and moved it to a different spot so the dirt could dry out under the dish. This morning(two days later) I again found eggs in the water dish. My tarantula had been sitting on and in it most of last evening, but I didn't see any till this morning. So how did they get in there? Did Hagrid deposit them there on his feet? Anyone have this experience before? Thanks in advance.

 

[Windchaser]

*I did do a search on the topic, but I did not find the info I am looking for*

I witnessed a cricket laying eggs in the substrate under the water dish the other day. When I removed the cricket I saw there were some rice-ish shaped eggs in the water dish. I took the dish out and cleaned it thoroughly, and moved it to a different spot so the dirt could dry out under the dish. This morning(two days later) I again found eggs in the water dish. My tarantula had been sitting on and in it most of last evening, but I didn't see any till this morning. So how did they get in there? Did Hagrid deposit them there on his feet? Anyone have this experience before? Thanks in advance.

The few times that a cricket has been able to lay eggs in my enclosures, I basically scooped out a fair amount (several square inches) of substrate in the area where the eggs were laid. I then fill that area with some fresh, dry substrate. When I have done this, I have not had any problems.

 

[Bloodletting]

mites?

Could the be mites crawling into the water dish? Crickets deposit eggs in the ground, it seems unlikely the t will transfer them into the water dish.

Scott

 

[Lorgakor]

From the pictures I have seen of mites and the descriptions I've heard of cricket eggs, I am more inclined to believe that they are eggs than mites. They are whitish and oblong in shape. Are mites not circular and tiny? And they were definitely not moving. I'll try digging out some of the substrate in that spot, but I still don't know how they got back in there again. :?

 

[Socrates]

From the pictures I have seen of mites and the descriptions I've heard of cricket eggs, I am more inclined to believe that they are eggs than mites. They are whitish and oblong in shape. Are mites not circular and tiny? And they were definitely not moving. I'll try digging out some of the substrate in that spot, but I still don't know how they got back in there again. :?

Lorgakor,

Is the female cricket still in the enclosure with your T? I've had some female crix deposit eggs as well, AND I've had some of them hatch, even though I believed I had removed them all.

The way you describe them, they sure do sound like cricket eggs to me. Cricket eggs do look like small corns of rice. In 2 weeks you'll know, cause that's how long it takes them to hatch.

I resolved my cricket (egg, baby) problem by feeding gravid female crickets only to those Ts who feed immediately, and leaving the males or juvie crickets to those Ts who need a while to eat. (Yes, yes, I know, I know....I probably shouldn't feed my Ts unless they pounce on the food immediately....)

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Wendy
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[Melmoth]

Lorgakor,



I resolved my cricket (egg, baby) problem by feeding gravid female crickets only to those Ts who feed immediately, and leaving the males or juvie crickets to those Ts who need a while to eat. (Yes, yes, I know, I know....I probably shouldn't feed my Ts unless they pounce on the food immediately....)

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Wendy
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Yes I tend t feed gravid females only to T's that immediately pounce and devour. Works for me too,sweetheart.

George

 

[Lorgakor]

No, I did remove the cricket. That is why I don't understand how there are more eggs in the water dish when the cricket was taken out two days before.

After seeing the eggs I did a lot of research on here and read that it is a good idea to only feed the females to quick to pounce Ts, but I only have one T. blondi (who is surprisingly not that hungry lately) and a small B. smithi. I guess I'll try forcep feeding the blondi and if he doesn't take it I'll take the cricket out right away.

I'm still waiting for shipping to open so I can get more Ts! The pet store gives me more crickets than I need!

 

[Socrates]

No, I did remove the cricket. That is why I don't understand how there are more eggs in the water dish when the cricket was taken out two days before.

After seeing the eggs I did a lot of research on here and read that it is a good idea to only feed the females to quick to pounce Ts, but I only have one T. blondi (who is surprisingly not that hungry lately) and a small B. smithi. I guess I'll try forcep feeding the blondi and if he doesn't take it I'll take the cricket out right away.

I'm still waiting for shipping to open so I can get more Ts! The pet store gives me more crickets than I need!

:? :? Ok, now you've got me wondering as well - BIG TIME. :? :?

You removed the cricket and found "eggs" AFTER you removed it? V E R Y strange indeed. Actually, now I'm totally clueless, sorry.

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Wendy
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[JohnxII]

Are you sure there was only 1 cricket in there? These guys are capable burrowers ya know...

 

[Lorgakor]

Yes, I"m sure. I always either see him eat them or I take them out if he doesn't. I don't think I've lost track of any. There were no eggs in the dish this morning, thank goodness!

 

[shogun804]

yeah crickets are sneaky and when they start to lay eggs its not fun unless your substrate is bone dry and they have no possibility of surviving.

 

[cdxrd]

yeah crickets are sneaky and when they start to lay eggs its not fun unless your substrate is bone dry and they have no possibility of surviving.

Dont count on that!!! My Rosie's tank I keep bone dry and I have had several cricket outbreaks... :wall:

However, Im now keeping all the gravid females in a large Kritter keeper along with all my others.. I just dont feed the T's the females.. and as the added bonus, I mist regularly in the crickets tank and I seem to have quite the supply of pinheads now.. lol

 

[dangerprone69]

God I hate crickets!!!! They stink, they're noisy, they're dirty and they breed like wildfire. I'm switching over to lobster roaches as my main feeder; can't wait to have a colony started. I've tried superworms occasionally but unless you pinch them they'll burrow into the substrate and you won't see them again until they morph into beetles. The beetles themselves make excellent feeders, but their hard shells can be diffcult for some t's. Emperor Scorpions usually make short work of them.

Having had a couple problems with breeding crickets in my cages, I now feed ALL of my my female crickets to my Emperor Scorpion using tongs. She grabs them off of the tongs with her claws and eats them immediately. My T's tend to be much more patient eaters so they get the males.

Is it safe to assume that gravid female crickets contain more protein than normal due to the eggs?

 

[Pandora®©™]

I had one lay eggs in with my Zebra and I didn't know it at the time that was what the cricket was doing (new to all this) but sure enough in a couple weeks there were little tiny crickets in the tank. I call the pet store and they said not to worry about it since it is a Zebra and likes a lot of dampness in her tank, and sure enough they all died out and I haven't seen that since. Then I have also changed the Substrate since then too. Anyway the point is she didn't seem to be bothered by them and they died out right away and I never seen any of them on the T, so it didn't couse any probs, at least that time.