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BREEDING 3
I would suggest leaving the "egg catcher" in the tank for between 1 and 2 weeks. (Depending on how many crickets you have in the tank)
Now for the incubation
Remove the "egg catcher" from the tank and remove the mesh/fabric "lid". Now place it inside any plastic container you wish. What i do is put it in the normal container you buy crickets in and place that one in a larger and deeper one.
Depending on temperatures you should start to see baby crickets within 2-4 weeks as long as you have kept the vermiculite damp.
When the crickets first emerge from the eggs they are tiny, not much bigger than a flea, However they are CLEAR. This may be a BIG problem however if you hold the tank up to a light you will be able to see them better
One thing you must do is keep the tank the baby crickets are in damp. The baby crickets are prone to drying out and can do so very easily. The way i do it is i transfer them into another tank once they have hatched. This tank had steep sides with a layer of selotape stuck to the sides about half way up (To prevent escapees) This tank has a layer of damp kitchen towel on the bottom and a piece of extremely damp cotton wool in one corner. Also in this tank i have two or three single egg cups (cut from a 6 or 12 box) These are perfect hiding places for the tiny crickets.
I feed them with small pieces of apple and very small lettuce leaves.
They can stay in this tank until they are around 1.5cm long when they can be transfered into the larger tank (or fed to baby snakes,lizards or toads)
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