Does anyone have any idea what this is??

[HARLEY-XLH666]

I *looks* like a tiny cricket under a magnifying glass and they jump. They keep turning up in my seemanis water dish. They do not look like any mites that I can find a picture of. How small are newborn crickets?? These things are about a millimeter long, whitish/clear with dark eyes. The picture was taken on an envelope. I'm not sure if it's mites or newborn crickets running around the tank.
Can this wait a few days or do I have to get her out NOW???

 

[Xaranx]

Baby crickets, there is a reason they are called pinheads :}

Leave a bowl of water in there and that will kill a bunch off, and yeah it can wait as long as it's nowhere near a molt.

 

[scolex]

I think it looks like a tiny cricket from this pic.

 

[HARLEY-XLH666]

ok so I must have put a preggo cricket in there. How many pinheads does a cricket typically give birth to? So far I have taken out around 14 or so.

 

[Danahan]

Well you should be able to locate any given mature female cricket by the ovipositor, sorta like a long needle off the central end of the abdomen. When they detect moist substrate, they probe around in it with the ovipositor, laying their eggs. Thus, the babies... If you can find her (if your T hasn't already had her for lunch), you can put her back in your cricket storage w/ a dish of damp substrate. Keep the substrate moist. With any luck, you'll get more babies. This is the easiest way that people are able to breed their own crickets.

 

[HARLEY-XLH666]

Nah that cricket is long gone:evil: I think instead of killing anymore I find Im going to save them and hope I can get a free cricket supply

 

[Strix]

Awesome. Thanks for posting this... I recently set up a separate tank for my crickets until they become food for my T and I was wondering how to identify the females and look into how to possibly start breeding to create my own food supply.

I'll have to rearrange their cage and lay down some substrate for them now to. I also find it relaxing to fall asleep to the sound of the crickets at night as well.

 

[desertdweller]

Well you should be able to locate any given mature female cricket by the ovipositor, sorta like a long needle off the central end of the abdomen. When they detect moist substrate, they probe around in it with the ovipositor, laying their eggs. Thus, the babies... If you can find her (if your T hasn't already had her for lunch), you can put her back in your cricket storage w/ a dish of damp substrate. Keep the substrate moist. With any luck, you'll get more babies. This is the easiest way that people are able to breed their own crickets.

Excellent. Very helpful. I always wondered what that ovipositor was and why some had it and others did not. Now I'll be breeding my own too! Thanks a bunch!

 

[PhilK]

If you don't want them to lay in your Ts cage, snip the ovipositor off with some fine scissors as close to the body as you can

 

[Danahan]

Also, if you place damp substrate in a clear container, there is a good chance that you'll be able to see any eggs that were layed near the edge of that container. They almost look like rice. As long as you keep that substrate damp, the eggs will survive, and I think it takes about a month for them to hatch.

 

[Moltar]

I've had crix eggs take hold under the water dish in a very dry G rosea cage. It's good practice to remove that dish from time to time and allow the 'strate to dry out every so often.

 

[WyvernsLair]

ok so I must have put a preggo cricket in there. How many pinheads does a cricket typically give birth to? So far I have taken out around 14 or so.

around a hundred or so. and they do not give birth to. crickets lay eggs. If the temperature and humidity of the substrate are good, then the eggs will eventually hatch out.