Crickets got eaten...

[MantidLord]

Hi everyone. I'm having someone take care of my "original" stock of mantids before they ship them to me. And I got an email the other day saying that the crickets, which were stored in a large cricket container in the garage, got attacked by these http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16284346/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/crickets-song-draws-sex-parasites/

The crickets were kept in the garage because of the loud noise they make, which obviously lead to their downfall. So, anyone else experience this?

 

[hibiscusmile]

Thanks, dear God, I did not need to see that!

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

 

[Rick]

There are similar parasites that do the same thing to mantids.

 

[Psychobunny]

There are several parasidic species like this atracted to different kinds of bugs.

The wasp is one of them.

I have keep cricks for several years but would totally freak and stick my head in the toilet

if I saw that in person!!!!! :wacko:

 

[MantidLord]

Oh yeah, I've had wild caught mantids infected with parasites, I have a video of one actually bursting through the abdomen :wacko: I just think it's interesting that they use sound to locate the cricket. And it sucks because they got to the cricket stash. If I saw it, I'd dump all the crickets out. For once in my life, I actually feel bad for crickets.