Description and photos of banana cricket

Banana cricket is known as the most popular food for many pets eating insects. There is no data on the habitat of the species in the natural environment, it is grown at home. The most popular in the United States and Russia.

Features of the form

For the first time the scientific name appeared in 2012. The homeland of the banana cricket is Ecuador. Later began to breed an insect began in Berlin, and then in Russia. It belongs to the order Orthoptera, family cricket.

Appearance:

• body length reaches 25 mm, but on average an adult individual grows 18-22 mm;
• have an elongated body shape and yellow-brown color;
• characterized by a large disproportionate head with a well-developed mouth apparatus of the gnawing type.

On an enlarged photo of a banana cricket, you can see several light bands, which are located longitudinally on the head.

Nutrition

Banana cricket

Brownies and banana crickets prefer vegetable food. Most of all they like cucumbers, carrots and lettuce. Also, insects will not give up fruit: apples, pears and some citrus representatives.

On a note!

Razvodchiki can vary the food of their pets in the summer, when fresh greens, dandelions, burdocks and other plants begin to grow on the street.

In addition to plant foods, banana cricket requires a high content of protein, which allows the larvae and adults to fully develop. If a person ignores this need in insects, they will begin to eat the corpses of their own kind, as well as destroy the laying of females.

Some owners even offer their pets dry food intended for cats and dogs.In this case, it is extremely important to maintain an adequate drinking regime.

Important!

Ordinary drinkers are categorically not suitable for this type, since they can drown in them. At the bottom of the tank must be laid gauze or cotton fabric.

Conditions of detention

Banana cricket

Crickets do not require serious conditions for a full life support. Life expectancy never exceeds 90 days.

1. High temperature is a prerequisite for the activity of individuals. The optimum is 25-26 degrees, at lower values, insects hibernate or die.
2. Be sure to maintain adequate humidity in the home. Without it, the larvae will not appear from the eggs, and the larvae will not turn into adults crickets.
3. It is also important to provide pets with sufficient daylight. Duration of daylight hours should not be less than 16 hours.
4. Banana crickets lead an isolated lifestyle. For this, it is necessary to provide each representative with their own square centimeters. Optimally for these purposes, use cartons of eggs.

Individuals cannot live in conditions of high pollution,therefore, you should regularly clean the holding tank and take preventive measures to keep it clean.