Crickets Hatched in the T's cage.

ArachnoPapa · Oct 13, 2003

Hi,

Well the crickets have hatched in the A.seemanni's tank. LOL I was waiting for that from watching the crickets lay eggs in the soil so many times. Well my T has his own food farm LOL. Just thought I share this info.
Papa.

Telson · Oct 13, 2003

That happens in several of my enclosure that are occupied by arachnids large enough to feed mature crix to. It's a ready source of true pinheads for the real tiny slings.

Should come in real handy when this G.rosea eggsac hatches out!

MrFeexit · Oct 13, 2003

seems like no matter how dry I keep the tanks I get baby crickets. Useally they drown in the water dish after a day or two.

scorpio · Oct 13, 2003

When they lay eggs, do they stick their little probe on the back of their body into the substrate and push out eggs???

Ive seen a few adult crickets do this, and Im wondering if thats the egg laying process.

ArachnoPapa · Oct 13, 2003

Hi,

I only guess that when they put there butts into the ground it was egg laying. Thats when the babies show up especialy in the more humid homes.
Papa.

MrFeexit · Oct 13, 2003

Originally posted by scorpio
When they lay eggs, do they stick their little probe on the back of their body into the substrate and push out eggs???

Ive seen a few adult crickets do this, and Im wondering if thats the egg laying process.

Yes Sir You are CORRECT!!

sinsect · Oct 14, 2003

Originally posted by ArachnoPapa
Hi,

I only guess that when they put there butts into the ground it was egg laying. Thats when the babies show up especialy in the more humid homes.
Papa.

Yep, that's how it works

We're currently breeding our own crickets, so you can certainly see how easy this is to accomplish

I'd recommend trying it, as well -- saves a ton of $$$ come feeding day, especially if you have a large collection.

Adult crickets enjoy hot, arid environments, but seek out moist/humid soil to lay their eggs in. Pinheads take only a few weeks to grow into adult crickets, but left unchecked and alone in a spider's cage, most will die off in a matter of days. If you do happen to notice that a population is thriving, it's best to remove them, lest the spider become stressed by the presence of (potentially) hundreds of tiny crickets

luther · Oct 14, 2003

As a variation on this I found a big black beetle in my B.smithi's tank at the weekend. It was about the size of the end of my thumb and shaped like a scarab. I'm guessing that this is what superworms turn into. I fed the T superworms a few months ago. I guess one must have got away.

ArachnoPapa · Oct 14, 2003

Hi,

Do you really think so. I am not arguing but was told that superworms dont turn into beetles. This is why they do not need to be kept refridgerated. I have been using them for only a month now. None of mine have changed. I used to use earthworms, mealworms,crickets,roaches. I still use everything but mealworms.
Papa.

Kaos · Oct 15, 2003

It was probably a superworm which turned into that beetle. They become pupae(spelling?), and then turn into large black beetles. I've been trying to breed them, without much succes. Any tips anyone?

abstract · Oct 15, 2003

Well - I was told that in order to get them to turn to a beetle, you need to put them in a vial or something of the like, alone, and without food and water. Then it should turn in a couple of weeks.

As far as getting them to breed...My guess would be put a bunch of the beetles into a container with oats, and a slice or two of potato for moisture? Let sit for several weeks, and see if any larvae emerge?

Just guessing here, based on mealworm experience....

Immortal_sin · Oct 15, 2003

check out this thread for raising mealworms and superworms.
It gives instructions on how to...and how to make it sucessful.
Both mealworms and superworms DO pupate and turn into beetles. My T will not touch the superworm beetles, and they have a bad smell.

http://arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15216

hillie16 · Oct 15, 2003

My question is what do the baby crickets look like. My T keeps pushing substrate into its water bowl, then taking all the wet substrate and putting it into one corner and covers it with webbing so it won't dry. I've seen the crickets going over and pushing their (?)ovipositer(?) into this wet substrate. Today I found what looked like a bunch of white fleas crawling around in this wet substrate. I keep mixing the substrate in that corner around to let it dry out, but when it starts to the T makes it a mudpit again.:?

ArachnoPapa · Oct 15, 2003

Hi,

Do you have a magnifying glass? If they dont look like crickets then they are not. If you are using bark substrate these white things appear more often.(forgot what they are called)
Papa.

abstract · Oct 15, 2003

Mites!

PapaSmurf · Oct 15, 2003

eww not good they will bother the T and stress it out if i leave a cricket in the cage for any longer than a day i can tell my T's are stressing out they start trying to climb the side and start paceing around so i know that if theres pin heads in there than thats probley gonna really stress them out, well maybe its just mine

Josh

hillie16 · Oct 15, 2003

Where do the mites come from??? I know I had no food bolus or dead feed animals inside???

ArachnoPapa · Oct 16, 2003

Hi,

I dont think they are mites cuz I brought that up to a Herp specialist she said they were something else and harmless. They came out of bark type substrate. Thats even if they are the same
bugs. And if my source is correct. And if they are not pin heads. I will ask her next time I see her.
Papa.

luther · Oct 16, 2003

After reading Immortal_sin's post I'm going to deconstruct my smithi's hide tonight and remove the black beetle (if it's still alive).

Telson · Oct 16, 2003

More often than not, as soon as I put a female crick in a fairly humid T enclosure she goes to work burrying eggs. The pinheads rarely live more than a few days and they are too tiny (and not really numerous enough) to cause my Ts to even react to them. The Ts that are small enough to be bothered by these teeny things don't get fed adult crix anyhow, so no worries.

The pinheads moslty pop up for the longest durations in the more humids tanks, like the arboreal enclosures. I've never seen them bother any of my Ts though.

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