I used to breed crickets for my arachnids but the smell was too bad. If you want to breed them then you need to setup a container-rubbermaid and they need to be kept warm. i use paper towels as a substrate and egg cartons as hiding areas. on one end of the container i put the egg carton and on the opposite side i keep a ver shallow plastic dish with a medium sized wet sponge in it for their water. next to the water dish is a food dish with store bought cricket gutload, veggies, and other foods. some people just give fruit every few days for moisture. this should keep them alive and they will breed. after a few days put a small (wider than higher) should not be more that an inch high, with potting soil in it. the soil must be moist, not wet at all times. this is where the females lay their eggs. after about a week take this out and put a new one in(repeat every week. cover the egg container and put it in a warm spot and keep it moist. once the babies hatch (they are so tiny) you can keep them in the egg container for about a week so all hatch. Then you transfer them to a larger container and feed them like the adults. you must keep each weeks babies seperate or else they might eat each other. hope this helps but it really isn't worth it to breed them unless you need a large amount of crickets, so just use the adult setup for the feeders and just don't put in an egg box. Good Luck
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~~~Amy~~~

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