Jerusalem crickets

[Peter Clausen]

A video I made of my pet Jerusalem cricket last summer...

Click HQ to watch it in "high quality":

 

[AmandaLynn]

Awsome! Thanks for sharing that Peter! Did it adjust well to captivity and have you ever tried breeding them?

 

[Peter Clausen]

It pulled food under but didn't seem to eat it. If I remember right, it was collected in October by a friend on a hunting trip in SE Oregon. There's no knowing how long it was mature before being collected, but it lived less than a month in captivity. Its lifespan may have been shortened by the week or so it spent in a temporary container during my friend's trip (without food).

I've seen these offered in the hobby, but don't recall any captive bred offspring offered.

 

[yeatzee]

I use to keep these when I was in elementary school. Their bite hurts pretty bad im not going to lie <_< :lol:

 

[AmandaLynn]

Ohhh, yeah they have pretty huge mandibles to go with their huge heads. I've never been bitten by one but I believe you when you say it hurts. Did the bites ever get infected or anything?

 

[agent A]

Here's a pic I got from google:

 

[yeatzee]

Ohhh, yeah they have pretty huge mandibles to go with their huge heads. I've never been bitten by one but I believe you when you say it hurts. Did the bites ever get infected or anything?

No but it hurt like no other bug bite thus far lol