Construct a cage about 3' X 4', rectangular shape on legs about 36" high.
Place a hinged door on top. Use small galvanized wire (1/4 or 3/8" square )
to screen in all sides.
Place a 75 watt bulb above the cage. Also place several halves of the
cardboard egg-cartons upside down on the bottom of the cage.
Place potato slices into the cage, the crickets will feed from them. The
crickets should reproduce easily.
BG
----- Original Message -----
From: <BR0630_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 4:49 PM
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
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