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  • #1

    Could this be a problem?

    Doing my daily maintenance checks on my Chile red zebra today and I've found either extremely small brown crickets or something else all together. I've found four so far (too small to take a photo of). Also they do hop like crickets.

    Is this a serious problem? Is it possible?

    I bet there will be more...... Please advice guys!
    Last edited by Ian Hall; 12-07-09, 07:00 PM. Reason: Spelling mistake.
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    Alright mate. They sound like baby crickets. When you feed the 't' does it take the crickets straight away, or are they hanging around for a while? They may have had time to breed or perhaps a gravid female was put in. Is the substrate warm and moist 'cause i think thats what crickets lay their egs in.

    I took a moult out of my T blondi tank the other day and i noticed loads of micro crickets jumping around but considering she just moulted, i don't think they bothered her too much.

    The ones i found were obvious crickets and at a size where they were easily identifiable (still pin heads) so if yours are to small to identify i wouldn't take this has confirmation.

    Maybe microscope one or a magnifying glass if youve got one.....




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    • #3
      poke them, if they jump, they're crickets hehe

      i had that happen, in as small a tub as a cricket tub that housed a young Heterometrus mysorensis. it moulted and i realised the tub was swarming with tiny crickets! so i rehoused, and then used the crickets to feed some of my smaller slings. free micro crickets = mint!

      they can be a problem if something moults, hence my hurried rehousing, but they're probably not as bad as adults.
      Last edited by James Box; 13-07-09, 09:43 AM.
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      • #4
        Alright James. Thanks for the help and replies on my thread regarding Chilobrachys jing zhao. I never got round to replying on my thread. I'm really cack when it comes to things like that. It was much appreciated mate.

        Sorry for doing this on your thread Ian. Have you managed to identify the little lodgers yet??




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        • #5
          no problem! and hope that helped, Ian!
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          • #6
            Baby crickets, had them loads of times. No more than a nuisance to the tarantula.
            Put some lettuce in there for them to eat and fish them out. Great for feeding to tiny slings.
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            • #7
              I had loads in with my chile rose and thought i was seeing things
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