T's and Crickets

[NeilD]

Can anyone shine light on this for me

I have seen pictures on here that say "Eating a large Cricket" and when I look at the pic the crickets are massive (More like what I call Hoppers, baby Locust) or seem to be a lot larger than over here when I order adult crickets

can anyone tell me what length a large cricket is (Body only Please) The reason I ask is that I am trying to practice good husbandry and am lost at how "a few" crickets a week would suffice a spider (especially the ones I get)

Thnx

 

[Crimsonpanther]

Well over here in Ontario,Canada i would have to say Avg size of a Female Adult cricket would be an inch or slightly under that....Adult Males would be half inch or thre quarters of an inch give or take. But those are the ones in the stores.When it warms up down here you can get black crickets , the females are well over an inch sometimes.....Hope this helpd a little:?

 

[NeilD]

Crickets

Biggest Brown Crickets I have managed to get are about 1/2 inch

 

[nine livez]

Biggest Brown Crickets I have managed to get are about 1/2 inch

don't worry, summer time is coming. u can catch all sorts of insects and feed ur T. june bugs are a favourite for my T's, just make sure that u don't feed them any bugs that might be covered with fertilizers or pesticides

 

[Windchaser]

don't worry, summer time is coming. u can catch all sorts of insects and feed ur T. june bugs are a favourite for my T's, just make sure that u don't feed them any bugs that might be covered with fertilizers or pesticides

The problem with this is that you don't know how far the wild caught prey have traveled and whether they have been exposed to pesticides and fertilizers. Some winged insects can travel great distances. In addition, you could introduce unwanted parasites too. It always seems safest to stick with feeders that have been raised for that purpose rather then using wild caught prey.

 

[Ronj]

An adult cricket (Acheta domestica) should be 1" / 25mm in size.