Think I'm gonna move onto Locusts for my Beardie

[Natonstan]

Hey I think im gonna move my Beardie onto Locusts as hes pretty big now, a few questions:

Do Locusts hop as much as crickets
Do they make noise ( E.g like crickets chirping )
and finally are they easy to breed

Thanks

[Sorby]

They probably hop worse than crickets, but they're much slower and i find them very very easy to spot and catch if they jump out of a tub / bag when dusting.

I tried to breed them for about 5 months, but had no success. I kept them at the right breeding temperature, and fed them obscene amounts of veg, but nothing. So i switched back to lobster and dubai roaches.

There are some very good breeding links on here though if you want to do a search and give it a go.

[Natonstan]

Thanks, I recon i'll buy a tub and give em a try.

The only feeder food ive used are:
Crickets
Mealworms
Pinkys for my corn

so i mite try some new stuff

[alphakenny1]

locusts aeasy but tend not to breed as easy, not as fast as crix and no noise at all, id try him before you try breed them as iv known beardies to prefer crix

[Natonstan]

Yeah im definately gonna buy a tub to try him on, if not then ill just feed the tub to my water dragon and ill stick to crickets

[alphakenny1]

whAT else you feeding your cwd, all mine will take at the mo is waxworms or locusts?

[Natonstan]

Not got it yet, gettin it on sunday, spent 5 weeks designin the Viv and gettin it perfect XD its 5ft by 6ft

[redshazzy]

locusts jump like hell ,you open the lid and they jump all over and they dont live long .
crickets can be a pain (i have cricket catchers all over for lose ones lol)
but from what i have read are a better food for beardies all mine love them ,i have to buy diffrent sizes for diffrent aged beardies ie large for the adults and small for the babys .
also mini meal worms in shallow dish with chopped up veg ,they get a mouth full of veg and meal worms lol .

[Metal_face]

i used to work breeding live food for a living a few years ago now. basic difference between breeding crickets and locust are............locusts need a much hotter temperature, not as humid as crickets, also eat LOADS of veg hope this helps