Culturing Crickets - Care and Breeding of the Common House Cricket

[KittenRD]

Has anyone tried using plastic egg flats?

[John]

The problem with that is that the crickets can't grip them well.

Has anyone tried using plastic egg flats?

[KittenRD]

The problem with that is that the crickets can't grip them well.

Thanks John! Good point!

[nicodimus22]

I'm sure this guide is very useful and economical to people that have a large collection of insectivores and want to hatch 1000+ crickets a week.

For people with a more modest collection, say 1-3 frogs or toads, is it worth culturing crickets or is it easier to just buy them regularly in a local shop or through the mail? Thanks.

[John]

It's actually not expensive to culture them once you have the initial materials, so whether you have 1 or 100 frogs is not as much the issue. The main issue is time, energy, and odor tolerance (crickets aren't very pleasant to smell, unless you clean them out almost daily). If you've only got 1 frog, I would buy them at the local store.