keeping crickets

[doogar]

Does anyone know if crickets can be kept outside in the shed or garage

[Mentat]

As long as there are no pesticide or chemical fumes in there and temperatures are within their requirements it should be fine . For adults you want them between 75-85F (24-30C) but keeping them at lower range extend their lives. Smaller crickets prefer it a bit warmer at 80-92F (27-33C). Pinhead development will slow down if kept at lower temp range.

[doogar]

Hmmmm might not be a good idea I live in england lets just say 75 is a good day most of the time the temp is in the 50s

[JeffreH]

You could potentially keep them in a garage if you keep them in an insulated bin. I'll try to dig up the old thread, but one member housed a colony of feeder cockroaches in a garage by keeping them inside of a plastic storage bin; that itself was inside of a larger bin insulated by layers of blankets and other material. The bin also had either a strip of flexwatt heat tape or a UTH with it as well to provide supplemental heat.

Found it - although the OP is using roaches, their general husbandry is the same:
http://www.frogforum.net/food-feeder...ore-after.html

[doogar]

Its a great idea but I have no power in my shed