Cricket Breeding - The whole life cycle of crickets

Since i have a bearded dragon I have bought the crickets. But then I decided to let the cricket breed. This video shows step-by-step how to start, but also how to feed the crickets.
The whole life cycle within 10 minutes showing a 6 weeks period from cricket reproduction, laying eggs utnil the crickets hatch. Every couple of days a quick snapshot shows the growing up from baby circket to sub adult circket.
I hope you will enjoy the HD macro scenes as they are really astonnishing.
You can find more information around bearded dragons, tanks and plants on my web site beardeddragonsinfo.blogspot.co...

[@pjgumby]

What I always found interesting about crickets when I lived in Wisconsin was that there were so many of them they were the noise of the night in Summer. I remember shouting "Shut UP!" and they would actually shut up for a half second, then one would chirp, then two, then two thousand all at once. LOL, it always amazed and amused me. It taught me about something in life, it takes only one brave voice to speak out and then thousands will follow.

[@elizabeth_xo]

🤣

[@littleworldsbringingtheout1711]

it gets like that here in GA lol

[@pjgumby]

I love their sound and have been lulled to sleep with their bleeting since childhood. I miss it.

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

pjgumby you get the sound back when you breed crickets 🦗 😉

[@pjgumby]

@@BeardedDragonsInfo Unfortunately I live in Alaska now and sadly there are no crickets here. I think now that's one reason why I have a hard time sleeping. I miss those night sounds. They really are wonderful creatures and I miss them. Can you send a box of them to Alaska? LOL!

[@pjgumby]

@@BeardedDragonsInfo I can get all the night sounds I can on a video even on KZbin, but it's not the same, plus my computer will have to run into the loop to hear it all night and not sure how to do that. I appreciate your input though. I am in Alaska at the moment and there are no crickets up here.

[@Trueghostgirl]

Am I the only one who loves crickets?! I think they are pretty cute, and I find them fascinating to watch. So many people hate them ...... and I've never understood why. They don't bite, and the males chirping sounds so beautiful and relaxing to me ..... maybe because when you go outside on a warm summers night you can hear them, and it makes me think of camping ..... but for whatever the reason I just love them. I feel really bad when I feed them to my mantis ..... (don't worry I feed her other insects as well .... I know crickets shouldn't be a staple diet item) ......... I don't find them that stinky because I keep their enclose super clean .... and I don't have many die offs ...... I think so many people dislike the smell because their not cleaning their enclosure enough. Anything will begin to smell if it's in an enclosure with excrement everywhere ..... and next to old food you give them!! Just keep them clean with fresh water, and fresh food and maybe more people would learn to love them too :)

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

you might start hating them if some are escaped in your apartment and you have the chirping noise in your rooms all night! :-)

[@TheOpelkoenjas]

Happened to me once, when my cat had the bright idea to tip over the extra large curver box (filled with adult crickets) that was sitting on top of my shelves. Box on the ground, lid fell off of course, hundreds of crickets everywhere. Let me tell ya, trying to "catch" them was a pain in the ass. Of course I wasn't able to get them all, so at night it was as if we were living/sleeping in the bush somewhere in the middle of Africa. LMAO And the cat was satisfied with her superb accomplishment, as you can expect. ^^

[@nuttybar9]

I hate feeding them to my turtle and they do seem like they are intelligent.

[@nuttybar9]

Opelkoenjas :Look on the bright side at least it wasn't white mice escaping and breeding which is what happened to my family when I was a kid.

[@AlexxWretched]

i've always hated them but I set up my new cricket colony today and I think they are kinda neat

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

I would like to say a big "THANK YOU" to all viewers to this video. 85.800 views is really amazing and I hope you enjoying it. In case you wish a video around a special topic plesae let me know.

[@dinosaurterrorworld144]

BeardedDragonsInfo try dudia roaches I heard that they are much much better then crickets the reason will unfortunately I can't tell because there is a lot and a lot of reason why they are better feeders then crickets if you want there are videos on how to breed and culture them step by step trust me your bearded dragon will love them a lot so give it a go maybe if you want to raise cockroach in your house HHHhhh....... which I know not very one love.....

[@jakewisbey5712]

Cor well look at it now

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

The reason for the two tanks is simple that somethimes I have two different generation of hatchilings and I try to put each of them in a separate tank. So i avoid canibalism and figths of the crickets. The grid over the soil is from a DIY market and prevents that the adult crickets eating the eggs. Thanks for liking my video! :-)

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

I have usually three enclosures. 1. for adults ready to feed my bearded dragon 2. for sub adults around 6 weeks after they were hatched. 3. for non hatched and baby crickets. To move the crickets from one enclosure to the other I simple pour the crickets into the next enclosure. If I have more time i use the tubes and egg cartons and shake them into the nex encolsure. No rocket science here :-)

[@littleworldsbringingtheout1711]

Thank you. This is interesting and good to know!

[@aylasmith8816]

I got attached to a little cricket in class and how he's my science project. This video has helped me a bunch on what to do further and how to demonstrate the mating process and lifestyle of these adorable creatures. Thanks a ton!

[@bryanroshan7787]

Why cant ppl just admire things Why they gotta flip everything they find on its back to have a look at its peepee and how they do the mating

[@Sandwichscoot]

Thank you so much for the video! I followed the steps and my crickets ar already laying eggs. Now we won't have to buy my beardie crickets all the time. Because of this, you just earned a like and a sub. 👌👍🏾👌👍🏾😀😄😀😄😃😂🙂😄😀😌😀😄😅😂😃😆😄😀

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Great to hear that my video is of any use!

[@kmonnier]

Simple and beautiful video! Great job!

[@thefuzzysheep3859]

Odd but I find crickets adorable. lol no clue as to why, just love the little critters

[@jasonharris951]

They are, and I have 3 crickets that love life. They live in a 10 gallon tank and have had them for 8 months. They are very healthy. I can actually take them out and handle them. They love their tank, they never try to get away. One of them actually hangs out on my arm for a while and watches the tv. Weird, but true. I have had a couple live a bit over a year. They are ringed crickets and said to only live 90 days. They are like little cats if you give them enough attention.

[@POTPachyOTP]

@@jasonharris951 thanks adorable. Bugs need love too

[@rossasmronytsubscribe4347]

I can relateeee

[@orbital-can]

Well I'm quite fond of them and my chameleon loves them more so

[@laneyhatchell3864]

I always feel bad when I feed them to my Dragon. They're just so cute! It hurts my heart! ;'(

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

I must admit my crickets never live long as Bartl is very hungry. :-) But I think the adult Crickets would like a month or so. Currently I am gave my adult crickets already the third box of soil, one of them has already completely hatched the second one is just about to strart. So far I have no problems with to generation of baby circkets in the same tank.

[@MrKewalrai]

Wow i was searching for this video. finally I got it. Thanks for the video.

[@KarlaCartaadventuresofz]

I've watched a lot of these videos to learn about this and I like yours the best! thanks.

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Thanks very kind of you.

[@9720jose]

best and most informational cricket breeding video ever! deserves more views

[@robertvalerry9203]

My eggs hatched yesterday. I got a lot of baby. They are very cute and aggresive. When they age 1-10 day I feed them with puree quaker oat and some baby milk without water. I spray water every 2 days. Thanks for this video pal

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Robert Valerry Glad I could help you, good luck with the breeding!

[@robertvalerry9203]

Yeah, I did like you did. Now, I got a lot baby crickets in 3 months.

[@JuanRodriguez-zy9yb]

+BeardedDragonsInfo where did you get the grid. please reply

[@bradmoore5732]

+Robert Valerry how many crickets did you start out with??? Can I buy them at Petco? Thanks.

[@josecarlosrodriguez4489]

Ok so i,m building a venus fly trap farm. So far I have 1,600 Carnivorous plants and I have been planning on growing crickets to feed each of my plants and they can grow bigger and faster. The funny thing is I never thought that I would be so excited to buy a couple of dozen crickets in a pet shop to take them to their new home and reproduce them. It's more fun than I thought it would be crickets are so cool and they make cool noises . Just today my baby crickets started hatching from eggs. I will upload videos of my Carnivorous plants farm and crickets it this chanel if any one wants to see.

[@LUNATIK.777]

Best video I've seen for Cricket breeding by far! Awesome 👍

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Thanks, very kind of you!

[@flashlitestriker4028]

Wow! Fascinating!

[@sutdenoffraslap]

Awesome vid! quality youtube stuff right here! thx for your effort and time putting into it!

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Thanks, made lot of fun to create this video!

[@ianisona5398]

Oh my :) thank god you posted this video "how to breed crickets" Instead of wasting all that money for crickets now i just have to breed them:))) my turtle "spike" said "thank you " lol hes so happy

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Glad I could make Spike happy! :-)

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

I buy them small as well, because they are cheaper from our pet shop around the corner. They will grow so fast anyway.

[@fox8340]

What kind of cricket are these and what website you order them from?

[@tristenboiii794]

This one was actually helpful

[@ELNS97]

Some how you've managed to make me find crickets adorable

[@nicolomicciche2212]

Great video. Good information, clear and to the point

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Glad I could help! Good luck!

[@bcmoroni51]

That is a great video. I just got my first frogs ever. Now i'm excited to breed crickets for them, Thank you for the video. It was so clear and amusing.

[@nataliefoster8871]

which species of frog do you have?

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

pleaes follow the link in the video description, on my blog you will find more details also about supplies.

[@savannahwasilka2482]

Thank you so much!! This helped me so much on breeding crickets. I am getting a baby bearded dragon soon and I know they eat lots but this video will save me a lot of cricket money!! Thank You!!:D

[@GamersSocietySK]

Omg thanks i just put them in like 5 mins ago and ones laying eggs now! Subbed

[@an-tm3250]

Excellent, great to show my class!!!! THANKS😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

[@JcmdiStockFootage]

Interesting show - thanks for making/posting! =)

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

@everfalcon I simple moved the egg carton from one container to the other. The rest of the crickets i simple pour them into the new container. Couple of them tried to escape, so better you have a net or something to catch them. :-)

[@1stBumbleBeeMaster]

Nice video! hey its not an annoying sound lol its super cool and therapeutic. There are people who keep them in their bedroom and the sound helps them sleep. I have heard even insomniacs having success using Cricket Chirp Therapy!

[@omarhaniffa]

dude that macro stuff is nat. geographic-esque type cool!

[@tarruvi]

This video is amazing, the life cycle of crickets is very interesting. And, the chirping is one of my favorite characteristics of crickets. I had success raising House Crickets bought from my local pet store, and just using them as food for my Myrmica Incompleta ant colony. Aside from a source of food, crickets are fascinating insects. House Crickets tend to be more docile, while Striped Crickets can get pretty territorial, and “bat” other crickets with their long antennae. Sadly, I messed up somewhere in rearing the 3rd generation of House Crickets. The container I had the eggs in was too moist, and this caused the end of this line. Right now, I’m experimenting with a method for Striped Crickets. One where they’re in a 10 gallon fish tank, just to see if they’ll continually reproduce, hatch, and grow. Theoretically, there should be a constant supply of crickets in all stages of life. Something similar was done by a teacher I had in elementary school, where he had a similar sized tank just FULL of grasshoppers. Ones native to my area, and there were hundreds of them, in every size. Now, I have to find out if this can be replicated with Striped Crickets.

[@blackcat2246]

Dood amazing vid ty so murch now i wana start maring my own crickets

[@TheTasha1704]

Great Video...Great Crickets!

[@namezryan]

nice setup, really clean

[@teenamillar7013]

This is beautiful!!❤😊

[@MrCarcamo20]

Really nice video. So impressed. AWESOME!

[@chelbo91]

That's really neat thanks for sharing! I think I might try and breed crickets once for my turtle just to see how it goes.

[@hybr11d]

Thank you this video helped out alot! i subbed :) i got a bearded dragon a week ago and i was think of breeding crickets instead of buying them everyday. This helped alot

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Nice, glad that my video helped you. Just try it and buy couple of crickets it will work out just fine.

[@econtadini]

Nice job with the video. it is very educative

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Please follow the link in the video description, on my website you will find the box and the hyperlink. But actually you can use any plastic box, currently I am also using a transparent box from IKEA.

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

I never separate them depending on their sizes, when I move them for example cleaning the tank i remove all of them at once by shaking them out of their black tubes and egg cartons. I have different tanks with different cricket maturities, so they have all pretty the same size within a tank.

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

The adult crickets getting fresh green leaf salad and a piece of hard bread. For the baby crickets i am feeding oat meal and oat flakes. Please visit my blog for more detailed description. You can find the address in the video description.

[@pitbulls4eva1]

OMG! thank you so much for this video! I have pin heads!!! hundreds of them! I'm amazingly excited! :D

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Thanks very much!

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

You can find already some videos on how to breed Dubia Roaches on KZbin. I am not planning to make a video on dubia roaches. My next video will be on my bearded dragan, not on his food. :-)

[@Jkapp15]

Thank you, this is great.

[@eastcomm13]

Awesome video, well done.

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Thanks!

[@sammydee71]

Awesome video

[@JGO749]

Really Cool Video! Great Share!

[@misaelayala3117]

Great video thanks a lot ! 😄

[@jojag5]

I'm planning on buying a praying mantis and will require keeping a small cricket colony to feed it. This video really helped me out, thanks.

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Glad that my video was helpful!

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

You can use any boxes you like as long as they are plastic, otherwhise the circkets can climb and escape. For 6 crickets, any box will do. but you can have a look on my website (link in the video description) I am providiing there some links for boxes.

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

+Agustin Escoto Sorry Augusting but I cannot response to your comment using the "Reply" button. Not sure why. The black tubes have just been as part of a starter set for keeping insects. Its basically for hiding but better and cheaper is using some egg cartons.

[@jerumd]

What species is this type of cricket?? Its a bit different than the regular acheta domesticus sp of house crickets?? Are they a wild type variety?? I never seen a cricket like this especially around my are here in Seattle Washington??

[@stonedagain0002]

very informative thank you

[@peradetlic1005]

Excellent video,well done,well done !!! Regards

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

pera detlic many thanks for your kind feedback!

[@peradetlic1005]

@@BeardedDragonsInfo You are most welcome !!! Regards

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

sure no problem you can easily use it couple of times.

[@daggermail1999]

Yes they do.

[@johnliu6855]

you deserve a sub for being cool!

[@loggie875]

awsome video

[@explosivebeagle8857]

Thanks for the vid i have a baby iguana but i might consider a bearded dragon in the future so thanks.

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

I am using standard soil that I am also using also for my tomatoe plants on my blacony. But I assume it wont hold water any longer, you need to spray them with water every day twize to keep the soil moistered.

[@MrEstradaG]

I enjoyed this

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

After I put a fresh soil into the cricket tank I usually remove it after 2 weeks for breeding into a separate box. Just keep it warm and moistured, baby crickets will come withing 2-3 weeks.

[@tabby2pt0]

how to keep the soil warmed? thanks for your great video!

[@Planet_Shel]

Cool!

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Wow, never heard about this therapy. In this case i will record a HD audio and will sell it as therapeuthical audio support! :-)

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

I removed the soil just because I needed my boxes filled them with new soil for new breeding. Meanwhile i got more of the blue "soil boxes" and I am no longer removing the soil, just switch them. You can also keep the eggs in the habitat they wold hatch and grrow. Just make sure you have food for the little cricket babies. I havent seen that the older crickets eating the younger ones, but this maybe also depends on the size of the box where they live together and also if they have entought food

[@jajam6624]

Amazing video

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Thanks, I hope you like the others too! ;-)

[@BigThangsPopping]

great video. how do u keep the baby crickets in the container? cant they climb out? what did u use for a lid?

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Great i could help!

[@XNobodyLovesRaymondX]

Very well done indeed:)

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

The black tube was just part of the cage equipment when I bougt it. Basically the crickets hiding inside the tube, wich is nice because that make the feeding easier as i just need to shake the tube to get the crickets for my dragon! :-)

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

If your tank has a smooth surface they cannot climb on in. Just make sure the thank is around 40cm high so they cannot jump out. :-)

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Depending on how you defining "worth". You can buy crickets for a couple of euros, so from a monetary point of view its not woth, but its definetly worth from a healthy point of view. My bearded dragon is just getting home feed fresh crickets! :-) Usually i have far to many crrickets as I have only one bearded dragon. He is doing winter hybernation as well, wich means i just need two cricrets colonies per year. Its also fun for my boys to see the crickets growing.

[@adujangkrik]

Great Vidio 👍 I love it ,💖

[@brodymartin3651]

Ok thank you

[@OscarTavera]

Great video, hopefully the fish will like eating crickets

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Not sure, never tried. What kind of fish do you have?

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Just place an egg carton into the tank and place it into some light. The result is that they will hide and climb into the egg carton where you can easily move them from one tank to another one.

[@spiderstone]

How about water?........your video was excellent , great quality....did you ever tried eating any?..... I'm really trying .....one more question ...do you use a special tool or? To remove them...loved the video

[@im1forfun]

excellent video quality, can you tell me what you were recording with? Thanks

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

Thanks. It was actually my fist recording with my new handycam von Sony HDR-PJ50. Can just recommend it.

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

simple put the box on top of your terrarium, this will keep them warm enought. Also make sure the soil is always moisture enough.

[@Scales13]

nice this will be my new project

[@t-rex307bg]

You currently raise Gryllus assimilis (Jamaican field cricket) , found in Jamaica in 1793

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

I always add a water granulate (white stuff). They are like cristals and when some water have been added thea are like "jelly". If you put water in the tank the circkets may die, because they cannot swim. There are also some vitamins in it and providing some humidity for the tank. the water granulate is not really necessary when you provide fresh salad every day.

[@BeardedDragonsInfo]

pretty much the same as before. I spray the soil every day with water and keep them warm room temperature 23 Degree Celsius. Mother nature is doing the rest! I have descirbe the full life cycle on my website just follow the link in Video description.

[@bockysmith135]

THANK YOU!!!

[@cathalmire]

great video so it would take about 7 weeks for them to reach adult size? i was thinking of trying to breed them again as my frogs need a fresh supply of micros every two days.

[@SuperKnowledgeSponge]

Oh i see. you have to raise them till week 6 to feed them to your dragon.

[@cuttingedgemachinescramlin6277]

Great vid

[@TrueSavage555]

Yo! I need help! My crickets tanks begain to get this web looking stuff and there is no spiders in my room and in the contaier where the eggs will hactch has it. What is it and what do I have to do to prevent it from happening? Put less eco earth?

[@ginakndy]

I just don't understand if you change the dirt after the babies have grown and have 2 mating tanks, or do you have a tank for the crickets you are going to feed to your dragon? I found your video the best so far. Your tank is so clean and I love the idea of the grate over the dirt. Where did that come from?

[@Rabbit086]

I find this amusing

[@christawiswesser7056]

i love your crickets are they jamaican field crickets i think crickets are very fascinating to watch and i always loved crickets i love to watch them eat all the time. I love your video on cricket breeding

[@amoghavarsha8397]

it is very useful

[@DIPSHITONASTICK]

haha... kick butt! love the music. these crickets got it good... at least until.. well.. you know.

[@ike_nike6132]

The nostalgia of this video

[@dangerouswildlife3184]

Oh thx