so true that they beat crickets. my crickets never stank but with all the hopping and dying it was a pain. i keep the baby dubia on a shelf and i would guess it's under 68 degrees, so they don't grow much. i have 34 adults and nearly adults in a bin with heat; got it earlier this month, so no babies for another few weeks. they're molting very well, no deaths. oh, one death when i 1st got them. i won it from my feeder supplier, otherwise i wouldn't have them. it's very easy to keep them simply as feeders. $2 bin from target with holes poked through the lid, some small egg crates, food, and that's all they really need. trying to breed them requires a bit more attention.