Crickets. (Acheta domesticus), order Grylloptères.

Description.

Beige brown insect with long antennas, it measures 1 in., the female distinguishes from the male by its ovipositor, small pivot of 0.5 in., are used for deposited eggs in the substrate, only male sings it, the stridulation while making vibrated with is wings go one on the other, one has a notched vein and the other a sound membrane.

- Vivarium. (2).

- Latticed Lid (2).

- Lamp with bulb of 40 W.

- Thermometer.

- Optional water Bowl, they hydrates with their food.

- Bowls (2) for food and your mixture.

- Egg Paperboards. (Hiding-places).

- Pondoir of 2 ½ in. of height, by 5 X 8 in.

- Mosquito net, to pondoir.

- Substrate, peat moss.

- Food: fruits, vegetables, cereals and dogs cookies, it is good of addition a mixture of bran, dried milk and pollen of 70/20/10 has.

Take a vivarium of 12 in. X 8 X 8 in., put a paper towels (1-2), to put 1 egg box or 2. Bowls of food, the first with food and another with the mixture, put the pondoir it of 6 cm filled has close-cropped edges of peat moss, wet but softened, covered with the mosquito net, addition the thermometer in the interior, the temperature with the lamp (40 Wattes) must be of 72° has 82° F, 14 hours per days. Incorporated the crickets 12 males and 12 females, put the latticed top lid and the lamp over.

A female lays hundreds yellow eggs of 1/16 in., 20 scores has the time. At the end of 3-4 days place to pondoir in another vivarium. With 72° F the incubation lasts 3.5 weeks and 2 weeks has 82° F., the conditions are the same one as for the adults, at the end of 13-17 days the eggs hatch and become adult in 10 weeks.