Quote Originally Posted by hyla View Post
Sometimes mine will miss her target, but touch the cricket with her tongue just a little. The saliva must be powerful alone b/c the cricket will just kinda be rendered useless and doesnt move so well afterwards.
Insects breath through spiracles, little pores in their exoskeletons that lead to its organs. The frog's saliva is probably blocking some of these spiracles, cutting off some of the insects air supply, so before the cricket can move again it needs to catch its breath.