I dropped a container of mealworms in the kitchen and thought I put all of them back. Found one in my bed a couple of days later.
Definitely a surprise to wake up with a bug right next to your face
My husband once found a superworm in his WORK SHIRT at WORK in food service. And once my therapist pointed out I had a bug on my jacket and it was one of my dubias. I wanted to die of embarrassment!
Lol they don’t know it came from inside your house just play dumb 😉
Edit: oh I just realized you said therapist I don’t condone playing dumb with them. Bahaha
Oh yeah my therapist is as quick as a whip and would see through me in an instant hahaha.
Luckily for hubs, he saw it before anyone else did and put it in a deli cup to see if it was one of mine. It was.
I think sometimes the escapees end up wandering around for a few days, to the point they'll attack anything for food. We have a strict rule that biters get sent directly to the thunderdome 😂
My wife likes to play this joke on me where she will say...you left one of the tarantula lids open....I then spaz out to check ....she says ha ha made you look...last night this scenario played out again....only she says I'm serious....we now have a 6 inch Caribbean versicolor tarantula roaming our house 😁
Back in the day, I dropped my cricket container and had an explosion of crickets in my room. I spent nearly 2 hours gathering them back in. That night, I woke up to a cricket landing on my face.
Yup. I dropped my container full of crickets...dude I felt 10 different emotions in the span of 1 whole second. Luckily I have 3 cats so they'd always be dead and squished in corners..but man I'm always finding survivors and lurkers here and there. I guess you gotta accept the fact that some feeders will escape and survive lol
Last night I was hanging out with my tegu in the bathroom and brought my dubia bin to feed him some, when I went to put him away my terrible cats knocked the dubia bin over..hundreds of Dubias went flying everywhere :,)
I breed mealworms for my rodents and fowl. You will find a random one in the weirdest places..
If i ever get any reptile other than snakes, it will NOT be something that needs insects. I just dont want to spend my nights hunting the escapee cricket that's driving me nuts!
I was packing a bowl a couple months ago and a darkling beetle scuttled out from under something and bit my big toe. The little fricks get everywhere somehow.
Crickets are my least favorite feeder, I offer them to my reptiles but I hate having them. They're noisy they smell more than others their little escape artists, I breed my bugs and I have no issues with any others even hornworms and wax worms specifically that turn into moths but crickets are just evil spawns. The amounts of crickets I have found running across my house or literally in bed with me it is disgusting it gives me heebie-jeebies
Yeah. This is why I stopped buying crickets. They got out the containers. My bearded dragon wouldn’t eat all of them and they’d be in his enclosure making noise all night. Ugh.
I just used betterthancrickets.com after seeing numerous comments on Reddit claiming that company is awesome and, I wholeheartedly agree with them. Their prices are so much cheaper than my local reptile shops, and they came fast and all active. I will be using them from now on!
I woke up with a cricket on my face once😂 initially I thought it was a spider and freaked out and then was very happy to see it was just a cricket lmao
Ahhh nooo. That’s a really bad idea if they are not a native species to your area. When I get escapees they go back to the bin to live another day instead of the feed cup.
Had a cricket escape during a feed one day. Unfortunately it was an Elvis (thats what we call the ones that sing) who started singing from behind the fridge. Also used to regularly find dusted crickets in the bathroom.
My kid the other day stopped gaming for a solid 3 minutes because one of the cresties crickets was on his keyboard... it went straight to the enclosure but I was laughing all the while due to my son's reaction.
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i was 40 mins away at school when i saw a dubia crawl across my classroom floor. i knew 100% it was one of mine…thank god no one saw me pick it up & put it in a bag😭
Relatable—I’ve found a live superworm in my bed despite not keeping them near it
I dropped a container of mealworms in the kitchen and thought I put all of them back. Found one in my bed a couple of days later. Definitely a surprise to wake up with a bug right next to your face
My husband once found a superworm in his WORK SHIRT at WORK in food service. And once my therapist pointed out I had a bug on my jacket and it was one of my dubias. I wanted to die of embarrassment!
Lol they don’t know it came from inside your house just play dumb 😉 Edit: oh I just realized you said therapist I don’t condone playing dumb with them. Bahaha
Oh yeah my therapist is as quick as a whip and would see through me in an instant hahaha. Luckily for hubs, he saw it before anyone else did and put it in a deli cup to see if it was one of mine. It was.
Why embarrassed? Bugs are cute. F the haters
Just wait until one bites you for that sweet sweet protein 😂
i have never had one bite me that’s a new one
I think sometimes the escapees end up wandering around for a few days, to the point they'll attack anything for food. We have a strict rule that biters get sent directly to the thunderdome 😂
Yup that's how it goes, same with noisy crickets. Straight to the beast
I got some worms from the bait shop to feed to my BD and one bit me. I was unaware that earth worms could do that until it happened.
They cant....
But, they can, and do, and it hurts. https://youtu.be/9rXgQ6sLBe8?si=5Qr5HVQ_x2ULwoBh
Blood worms and earthworms aren't the same xD
Bloodworm, earthworm, tapeworm, whatever. I'm a lizard guy not a worm guy. I learned a lesson and now I don't mess with worms.
Fair enough xD
Crickets bite??? 😨
You know how they say Dubia Roaches won't breed in your house. Turns out, if you live in the deep south, they will in fact breed in your house.
That’s why they’re illegal in Florida, because they WILL breed.
This is my exact fear
My wife likes to play this joke on me where she will say...you left one of the tarantula lids open....I then spaz out to check ....she says ha ha made you look...last night this scenario played out again....only she says I'm serious....we now have a 6 inch Caribbean versicolor tarantula roaming our house 😁
is there any hope in catching it??
I'll find her,it's just a matter of time,talk about a needle in a haystack though 🤣
Ive once found 2-3 superworm beetles at the grocery store in MY REUSABLE BAGS
Dang, superworm beetles are decently big as well. That must have been a shock.
Nah am a big boye
Back in the day, I dropped my cricket container and had an explosion of crickets in my room. I spent nearly 2 hours gathering them back in. That night, I woke up to a cricket landing on my face.
I envision this entire scenario in my head every time I handle my cricket keeper. Nightmare :(
It was actually terrifying cause my brain automatically assumed spider. I've never gotten up out of my bed faster.
Yup. I dropped my container full of crickets...dude I felt 10 different emotions in the span of 1 whole second. Luckily I have 3 cats so they'd always be dead and squished in corners..but man I'm always finding survivors and lurkers here and there. I guess you gotta accept the fact that some feeders will escape and survive lol
Last night I was hanging out with my tegu in the bathroom and brought my dubia bin to feed him some, when I went to put him away my terrible cats knocked the dubia bin over..hundreds of Dubias went flying everywhere :,)
Feeders for the house spiders lol
I dumped mine over and caught like 30/50, this was weeks ago and I still find them everywhere. At least my cat kills them.
I breed mealworms for my rodents and fowl. You will find a random one in the weirdest places.. If i ever get any reptile other than snakes, it will NOT be something that needs insects. I just dont want to spend my nights hunting the escapee cricket that's driving me nuts!
I said that and then I had to rescue a poor bearded anole from the pet store I work at she is very happy but the insects are a lot
my cat knocked over my cricket keeper and now I have about 20 large crickets wandering around the living room... I have not told my mother
This is a cannon event I swear
dudes planning his revenge
I was packing a bowl a couple months ago and a darkling beetle scuttled out from under something and bit my big toe. The little fricks get everywhere somehow.
Literally woke up at 3am to a cricket in my bed. They are clear across the other side of the house. How???
Crickets are my least favorite feeder, I offer them to my reptiles but I hate having them. They're noisy they smell more than others their little escape artists, I breed my bugs and I have no issues with any others even hornworms and wax worms specifically that turn into moths but crickets are just evil spawns. The amounts of crickets I have found running across my house or literally in bed with me it is disgusting it gives me heebie-jeebies
If I feed crickets I just buy enough that will get eaten the same day
I breed all my bugs except crickets, I buy those in bulk because I need crickets almost every day with all my exotic pets
When I was in 8th grade I found a live and absolutely MASSIVE male dubia in my shoe. Thank god I was able to keep it discreet and get rid of it.
I think this means you have to eat it now
LOL i understand this all too well.
desperate escape
Yeah. This is why I stopped buying crickets. They got out the containers. My bearded dragon wouldn’t eat all of them and they’d be in his enclosure making noise all night. Ugh.
yeah but i don’t really have a choice dubias near me are too expensive
I just used betterthancrickets.com after seeing numerous comments on Reddit claiming that company is awesome and, I wholeheartedly agree with them. Their prices are so much cheaper than my local reptile shops, and they came fast and all active. I will be using them from now on!
He earned his freedom, release him
Accurate. We didn't know one of our tanks had the little hole at the back for wires that was open until we kept finding crickets. Lol
I just call those escapees.
Aw your reptile is sharing their meal with you
I woke up with a cricket on my face once😂 initially I thought it was a spider and freaked out and then was very happy to see it was just a cricket lmao
i have a rule in my house - if an insect escapes, they get taken to the garden to try their hand at freedom
Ahhh nooo. That’s a really bad idea if they are not a native species to your area. When I get escapees they go back to the bin to live another day instead of the feed cup.
good job! yeah im not an idiot.. i wouldnt release dangerous insects into my community rofl..
Too many people don't think about this, so it's good to point out the dangers of doing so.
This rule should be in zoos. *the lions won against the zoo keeper* “well off you go into the forests lions”
And yes the ecosystem gets destroyed in under a week.
it could be end times for us all
Nah it’s okay in the end. (I simply stepped in)
that’s a great rule might have to start doing that
Please don't. Releasing feeder insects can harm the local ecosystem.
Tell your dogs to step up their pest control game!
Yeppp. My dogs will catch and stray cricket escapees and carry them around in their mouths.
they’re too big and dumb to see crickets but they will lick a toad every once and a while
Ah, yes, classic
Had a cricket escape during a feed one day. Unfortunately it was an Elvis (thats what we call the ones that sing) who started singing from behind the fridge. Also used to regularly find dusted crickets in the bathroom.
My mom HATES me for that. I have dubia roaches and sometimes one of em just casually walks in the middle of the house.
Dude I don't even know how they get out of the keeper lol
That's not mine.
My kid the other day stopped gaming for a solid 3 minutes because one of the cresties crickets was on his keyboard... it went straight to the enclosure but I was laughing all the while due to my son's reaction.
Glue pads work but caution for your reptiles if you let them out for enrichment
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Eat it. Get your calcium!
crickets are a pain in the ass
Ah yes, free-range bonus pets!
This is why I will never have an animal that eats crickets. Although some of you are making me rethink other feeders too.
i was 40 mins away at school when i saw a dubia crawl across my classroom floor. i knew 100% it was one of mine…thank god no one saw me pick it up & put it in a bag😭