Put a couple of sliced potatoes in with the crickets. there's also a
product called Cricket Drink which will help meet their liquid needs --
its sort of like jello. :)
JW.
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On Mon, 12 May 2003 BR0630_at_aol.com wrote:
> Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 17:49:09 EDT > From: BR0630_at_aol.com > Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net > To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net > Subject: NANFA-- off topic - crickets > > While out collecting cyclops & daphnia with my oldest son on Saturday > afternoon, we came across a huge migration of crickets. They were so thick > they were creating a 'grease slick' on the road where they were getting run > over. We used my big fish dipnet with 1/8" weave to run up & down the road > collecting them & then dumping them into a 5 gallon bucket. We collected > nearly a full 5-gallon bucket of them and took them home. I placed about > half of them in our old refrigerator and am feeding the rest to my fish and > to my chickens. My question is, does anyone on the list know how to keep > crickets alive for several weeks or even months? By mid to late June, I'm > thinking the crickets would be excellent fish bait for panfish. Any advice > would be appreciated. > > Bruce Scott > Meridian, Idaho > /"Unless stated otherwise, comments made on this list do not necessarily > / reflect the beliefs or goals of the North American Native Fishes > / Association" > / This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes Association > / nanfa_at_aquaria.net. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get help, send the word > / subscribe, unsubscribe, or help in the body (not subject) of an email to > / nanfa-request_at_aquaria.net. For a digest version, send the command to > / nanfa-digest-request_at_aquaria.net instead. > / For more information about NANFA, visit our web page, http://www.nanfa.org /----------------------------------------------------------------------------- /"Unless stated otherwise, comments made on this list do not necessarily / reflect the beliefs or goals of the North American Native Fishes / Association" / This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes Association / nanfa_at_aquaria.net. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get help, send the word / subscribe, unsubscribe, or help in the body (not subject) of an email to / nanfa-request_at_aquaria.net. For a digest version, send the command to / nanfa-digest-request_at_aquaria.net instead. / For more information about NANFA, visit our web page, http://www.nanfa.org