Tub with lid on.

Tub with lid off to show the egg crate roosting pieces, the water crystals, and the ground meal ( I use the dust from the bottom of my rodent block bags, ground up cat food works well, too). Vermiculite for them to walk on. These are my breeders so they also have a lay tub (the little wire screen covered deli cup).

I don't feed any wet vegetable matter as that seems to always lead to mold. Mold will make them sick. When the water crystals get dirty I change them for clean fresh crystals.

For big hatches I use bigger tubs. It is very easy to drill a bunch of holes in the plastic lid for ventilation.

I hope this helps with keeping your crickets alive. If you can maybe describe how you are currently keeping (or NOT keeping, LOL!) your crickets, that would help in finding a solution to the problem.

There is a virus going the rounds putting big cricket farms out of business, so if you can grow your own that would be very good.

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