jamaican giant crickets?

[Bruce]

Perhaps if you crush their mandibles with the tongs before you feed them so they can't bite? I do this when I feed superworms since they're been known to give a bite once in awhile.

[pac]

I heard about those cricket in my reptile magzine yea those crazy reds are illegal

[arielgasca420]

Hey everyone! my local pet store told me they had gryllus assimilis and when I saw them I immediately identified them as the crazy reds. I went to another local pet store and they told me they had Gryllus assimilis and they were also unmistakeably crazy reds. One thing I do not like is liars and false advertisement.
Crazy reds are not illegal in CA, but are illegal everywhere else.
so I did some research on the supplier for these stores. It turns out that they do not even know what type of crickets they have. I heard the woman shuffling papers to find the name she could not pronounce. All she said is we have "Agryllus" I corrected her and asked what the species was of the genus. she had no idea what I was talking about so I asked her if they have the USDA approval of their crickets. she put me on hold for 10 seconds and said sorry, but upper management is in a meeting. Bull Poo! so I hung up on her.
I just want everyone on this forum to know that there is a lot of misconception in this area.
here is a picture of a true Gryllus assmilis

[Lija]

thank you, jamaican crickets will stay in a store then