mine seem to be pretty good at pulling it out of their mouth when they get a mouthful. i have recently switched mine over to a feeding dish. it is much easier for them. i use a small pyrex glass bowl from the dollar tree. it was like 3 of them for $1 on the tubberwear isle. since i did that they eat more because they dont have to hunt them down, theyve gained weight, ive used less crickets because they dont all die in the tank, less clean up. everything has been much better since bowl feeding. plus they dont get a mouthfull of anything. you can also keep count of how many they are eating. plenty of plus sides to bowl feeding. i have red eye tree frogs so i dont know much about your frogs. but it might be worth a shot