I found two Diadophis punctatus pulchellus - Coral-bellied Ring-necked Snakes while moving old lumber at a friend's house. Also in this place were black crickets, ants, and other sorts of insects.
My question is: do these coral bellied snakes eat crickets? If so, will they eat domestic brown crickets or should I feed them black field crickets, which is what is under the old lumber? I raise both type of crickets so have plenty of both.

I have tried to duplicate the moist soil type habitat where I found them with a few inches of clean moist soil. Have put numerous small earthworms in here as well. Normally the snakes have bark hides but I lifted them to photograph the snakes. I've had these snakes several days now and they actually seem plumper than when I found them. They come out at night and look around.

They are in a 12 quart sterilite tub. Crickets are also in this, that is what the jar lids of food and water crystals on top of the bark hides are for. The crickets roost on top of the bark hides under the jar lids. They don't go under the bark and bother the snakes. I do think the snakes come out at night and get them, though. I have read that these snakes eat salamanders and slugs but where I found them there were no salamanders or slugs but crickets and ants and other small bugs where plentiful.

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