locusts and cooling !

[13ollox]

you can put crics in the fridge for a little while to cool them down so they arnt as active ( making them easier to handle and swap containers ) . however can you do this with locusts as i dont want to kill my new food stock a few hours after it arrived ?

Neil

 

[Rick]

Cool a couple down and see what happens.

 

[AFK]

you can do this with any invertebrate. just don't cool them too much or they'll die.

 

[13ollox]

so there ok at around 5 degrees ? just not something like -20 ? as they are desert locusts , its very hot for them in the day while at night its basically freezing cold ? am i right ?

Neil

 

[AFK]

i'm sure every species will have different tolerations...i would just keep monitoring the fridge until you see they have slowed down enough. don't wanna risk killing them.

this is what i did when i once caught a tarantula hawk wasp...it was very large and active and i needed to transfer it to a larger container. let me tell yah, i was SCARED to do this until i finally figured out to cool her down lol.