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Parent Post: EDIBLE CRICKETS
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j.k.harwood2
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11/7/2026, 2:49:02 AM
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I farmed them for a couple of years to feed my lizards. The lizards were "adoptions". One a Western Fence Lizard I rescued from some dogs that had it cornered and had injured it. An Anole that became my buddy, coming out each morning to hang out with me on the porch. It got so tame I could put my hand out and it would walk up my arm to hang out on my shoulder. When winter and it started to get dangerously cold, I brought him in, and it became a house pet for a few years. Then I got a bearded dragon someone was abandoning, and buying crickets became a hassle. So I bred them. I ate some once to gross out my room mates. They don't taste bad live, so fried or baked with some seasoning I think they would actually be pretty tasty.
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sacredcow
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11/7/2026, 9:09:52 AM
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I had a buddy that raised crickets, he said everything unfortunately eats them. There were flies who laid eggs on his crickets and that was the end of everything. They need a very clean environment that is climate controlled for best results...
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j.k.harwood2
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11/7/2026, 8:14:55 PM
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yes, very easy to contaminate and ruin a million of them fast. They also stink horribly, and when you get a million crickets growing in your basement, the stench and noise is unbearable. Your roommates will eventually want to kill you. I ended up throwing more than a million crickets into lake Allatoona to get rid of them. The fish feeding frenzy was insane to watch.
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sacredcow
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11/8/2026, 12:34:34 PM
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You almost started a plague on your own. Just think if you had government funding how much trouble you could have gotten into.
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