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    Trohr
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    Hey guys, hope your all doing well.

    For about three weeks now I have had a small container of dirt that I pulled from my backyard sitting in my cricket enclosure. The first week that I put the container of dirt in the enclosure I tossed about 30, hand picked, female crickets in and all of them laid eggs. I spritzed the dirt with treated water when it looked dry- it probably gets dry a heck of a lot more than it should- and turned the dirt over a bit so it stayed fluffy. I let the dirt sit with the other crickets the entire time instead of separating it.

    I have yet to see any cricket babies.... When I sift through the dirt I don't see many eggs anymore either....

    Will adult and juvenile crickets eat their own eggs? Sometimes I caught them digging deep holes in the dirt, but I assumed they were just trying to get their eggs as deep as possible. Am I letting my dirt get too dry? Should I try using potting soil instead?
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    It looks a little too dry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kurt View Post
    It looks a little too dry.
    Yeah :/.... This is about how it is most of the time. It was dirt from an alley in the back of my house- pretty cruddy stuff. I'll try a light potting soil next time around, and separate the dirt from the rest of the crickets after a few days go by.

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    I've tried breeding crickets, didn't have much luck either. I heard cocofiber is a good incubating medium for cricket eggs though.

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    What about vermiculite? It holds moisture very well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Highum View Post
    What about vermiculite? It holds moisture very well.
    Hmmm.... I think vermiculite alone might be too wet, but coco fibers along with vermiculite might work- I've dealt with both quite a bit before. Maybe i'll do a vermiculite, potting soil, coco fiber mix. The idea of free crickets sounds so dang good! I hope I get this right the next time around.

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    Default Re: Where are my cricket babies?

    Well I will tell you how the vermiculite goes.

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    I put two containers of coconut fiber in my adult cricket bin last night. I plan on taking them out and setting them up in a cricket keeper tomorrow. We will see what happens.
    I have also started some waxworm cultures as well.
    I am already culturing bean weevils and two kinds of fruit flies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kurt View Post
    I put two containers of coconut fiber in my adult cricket bin last night. I plan on taking them out and setting them up in a cricket keeper tomorrow. We will see what happens.
    I have also started some waxworm cultures as well.
    I am already culturing bean weevils and two kinds of fruit flies.
    Bleeeeegh, weevils- I bet I already have a horde of them in my pantry somewhere.... Keep us all updated on the coco-fiber-crickets. Im going to try getting myself a ton of female crickets together tomorrow if I have the time.

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    I use peatmoss. If you spray it twice a day and keep the temperatures high there should be no problem.

    But if the dirt is drying out too fast I recommend finding a different kind of dirt first.

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    I have succesfully bred them using coconut fiber soil.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scribbles View Post
    I have succesfully bred them using coconut fiber soil.
    I've heard of both working but I've never heard of someone successfully using the dirt they found outside.

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