Black Crickets?

[HLSLeO]

ok guys, so, i ordered roughly 500 crickets from backwaterreptiles.com, i got a great deal... only thing is a lot of the crickets arrived dead, making a mess when i dumped the crickets (thinking they were mostly alive because i didn't see any dead ones when i opened the box) in the cricket tank where i keep the little critters. anyways, i do not blame backwater at all, i assumed a large percentage would die during transport... i cleaned up as much of the dead guys as i could...

now i was wondering, is there a difference in feeding beardies black or brown?... i am confused... or does the only thing that matter is gut loading appropriately?... i feed the crickets the little orange Flucker's Cricket complete diet, along with oatmeal, Collards, Squash, Zucchini, and whatever other veggies i feed my Beardie...

what do you guys think?... is this good? regardless of color?... or would color make a difference?...

 

[warnisha]

hmmmm not sure.....I know I have heard that the black outside crickets are more aggressive? Not sure though. Just what sticks in my mind!

 

[catUK]

I don't think there's any difference between the black and brown- my beardie didn't like the brown crickets as they were too jumpy and she was a bit wary of them. I found the black to be calmer and slower so prefered the black over brown.

 

[HLSLeO]

thanx for the reply guys... i appreciate it, my little guy seems to like the black ones... he can just sit there and they pretty much walk up to him and he snatches them...

 

[john2185]

you might want to read this they are black when there young. http://www.geckotime.com/jamaican-field-cricket-gryllus-assimili/

 

[HLSLeO]

Damn dude!! That's crazy!!! I think I'm gonna replace the crickets then! I don't wanna risk this!

 

[HLSLeO]

Only thing I'm wondering is, isn't backwater reptile a fairly respectable source for crickets? That's where I ordered them from...

 

[john2185]

yead i had a batch and they hurt if a adult bites you. a good splace for crickets http://www.flukerfarms.com they have regular brown crickets and there cheap. but now i use dubias