Anyone culturing grasshoppers or katydids?

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spawn

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Is anyone culturing locusts, grasshoppers, or katydids? I remember someone posting a few months ago cave crickets or something gnarly like that. I'm curious about these and techniques for rearing.

 
I don't have any of those, but I do have a breeding colony of Ceuthophilus agassizii (Camel crickets), and 8 Stenopelmatus sp. (Jerusalem crickets).

The camel crickets are simple to care for and have care needs similar to most roaches. The JCs like to burrow and need lots of meat in their diet, I feed them mostly dog food occasionally supplemented with mealworms or roach nymphs. 

 
Caught these two today in the field (NY). Are they lubber? Toxic?

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