Banded cricket life span?

[andy27012]

in preparation for my new guy I'm trying to figure out how many crickets I should order at once. To start out I plan to purchase locally but at fourteen cents a piece to determine best size but it doesn't make sense to not at least try banded crickets. My question is how long do they live, I want to order as many as makes sense so I pay as little shipping per animal as possible.

 

[andy27012]

Found it, the entomology department for the university of Florida lists it as eight to twelve weeks from egg to death.

 

[Nursemaia]

If they are properly taken care of my banded crickets easily last 4-6 weeks. They would probably live longer than that but at that point I used them all for food. I buy 1000 at a time.

 

[Link]

Also I find them to live 4 for 7 weeks. Lot longer than the other kinds

 

[shomegirl]

I buy 500 at a time, medium size and they last me two months with little to no die offs.

 

[WAMBO]

I buy 500 at a time, medium size and they last me two months with little to no die offs.

Ditto. I buy them from eBay for $16 to $17 shipped free, and hold at the local PO for pickup [so they will guarantee all alive]. Throw them in a 10 gal fish tank with a screen on top, and add veggies, fruits and water [in a sponge cup].

 

[Nursemaia]

I get mine off ebay as well $22, shipping including but I don't have the post office hold them. I get them delivered right to my door. I always wonder what the mail lady must think when I'm getting crickets, hornworms, and meal worms all in one day.

 

[Chamberlain345]

If you give them proper food and a bit of water and the right the right temp the they will last for a good amount of time.