My new Jerusalem crickets!

Aug 20, 2015

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Got three immatures, thanks DETHCHEEZ! Hopefully I can rear them to adulthood and then maybe breed them. Here are some pics of the largest one.







Aren't they so cute

 

Aug 20, 2015

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J crickets are the best! I kept an adult that I purchased from bugsincyberspace for about six months; one of the most entertaining and intimidating orthoptera I have ever kept. :biggrin:
Pretty coloration on yours, btw. How big is he?

Good luck with raising them!


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Aug 20, 2015

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The biggest one is a tiny bit over an inch long, the other two are about 2 cm long.
Thanks!

 

Aug 20, 2015

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Would like to know more about their bite.. i've read - while not venomous - it's very painful

 

Aug 20, 2015

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The adults apparently can give you a pinch, but nothing serious. At the size mine are, they couldn't even hurt me, unless they bit down on a soft spot, say in between my fingers, or my armpit, lol!

 

Aug 21, 2015

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I'd say if they are biting your armpit, you are doing something wrong lol

 

Aug 21, 2015

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A large adult jerusalem cricket can inflict a very painful bloody bite- especially males. They have jaws like bolt cutters.

I found an enormous 7cm female, the remains of another were not too far away. Their mandibles are rock hard- like a crab's shell.

 

Aug 21, 2015

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Really? Bloody? Ok then, I ain't handling these as adults! If you don't mind me asking smokehound, what was your egg laying setup for these?

 

Aug 21, 2015

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Smokehound714 said:

A large adult jerusalem cricket can inflict a very painful bloody bite- especially males. They have jaws like bolt cutters.

I found an enormous 7cm female, the remains of another were not too far away. Their mandibles are rock hard- like a crab's shell.

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That's what i've heard too
Seems great to have and raise.. but here i never saw them. I think they are available only in USA..

 

Aug 28, 2015

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Here are some more better pics of the same specimen above, it has plumped up since I got it, it ate cat food, some carrot, a Rhabdoblatta formosana nymph, and two mealworms!



How rude!




And here are some pics of its behind, anyone able to sex these?

 

Aug 29, 2015

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female Stenopelmatus have an ovipositor, easily visible. From what I can see, the specimens shown appear to be males.

 

Aug 29, 2015

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Thanks! It's just one specimen btw, the others are too small for my camera to get good pictures. Is the ovipositor only visible on adults, or would I see it on the nymphs if they were females? Thanks in advance!

 

Aug 29, 2015

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You will see it in nymphs. It somewhat resembles a katydid's ovipositor.

Just like true crickets, where female nymphs will have short stubby ovipositors.

 

Aug 29, 2015

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Dang it then, mine are all males!

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What should I do if they aren't eating? My two smallest ones have barely eaten anything since I got them, they just stay still at the bottom of their cages. Should I decrease the substrate depth?

 

Aug 29, 2015

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Hisserdude said:

Dang it then, mine are all males!

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What should I do if they aren't eating? My two smallest ones have barely eaten anything since I got them, they just stay still at the bottom of their cages. Should I decrease the substrate depth?

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No. sounds like they're getting ready for a molt. Do place a carrot in there for moisture.

 

Aug 29, 2015

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Oh really!? Crap, I should take out the mealworms then! Thanks for the info!

 

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Aug 31, 2015

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The smallest one molted, yay! Hopefully now it will eat.

 

Aug 31, 2015

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give it a few days to harden, first, just to be safe.

 

Aug 31, 2015

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Will do!

 

Oct 28, 2015

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Here are some pictures of the one in the first an second set of pictures, she has recently molted and she is BIG now! And she is not even an adult yet!