Jerusalem cricket lifespan?

Hisserdude

Hisserdude

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I might get some of these next year, they apparently have been seen in ID, near me. Does anybody know how long the adult lifespan is?

 
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hisserdude said:
Why not?
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To my knowledge people have not figured out how to get them to live long term in captivity. Much like the solpugids they often die after a short time. I base this on reading lots of online reports and my knowledge of many people I know that have tried and have had them die anywhere from a month to six months after bringing them in to captivity. If someone is reading this and they have had success please let up know. I have had some success with U.S. indigenous solpugids but this was based on simply making their enclosure only slightly larger than their body size and feeding them minimal food. I had no success with incubating their eggs.

 
Ahhh, that sucks. I will still try and keep them, who knows, I may be successful, lol! Thanks for the advice.

 
MrCrackerpants said:
To my knowledge people have not figured out how to get them to live long term in captivity. Much like the solpugids they often die after a short time. I base this on reading lots of online reports and my knowledge of many people I know that have tried and have had them die anywhere from a month to six months after bringing them in to captivity. If someone is reading this and they have had success please let up know. I have had some success with U.S. indigenous solpugids but this was based on simply making their enclosure only slightly larger than their body size and feeding them minimal food. I had no success with incubating their eggs.
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I've kept one of mine for roughly 2 years.

 
MrCrackerpants said:
Wow! What species? Please tell us what you are doing. :)
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It was an unidentified Stenopelmatus sp. from CA. I purchased 4 individuals from a friend of mine. When I first got them, I didn't know how to keep them so I kept them in sand, which turned out to be the worst choice ever as all four got sick and started loosing tarsi and antennae. Just few months after I received them, I ended up with a single "sickly looking" specimen. At that time, I was pretty much giving up hope on this guy and dumped him into the Nauphoeta cinera enclosure and forgot about it until about 5 months later. I saw a huge figure moving in the Nauphoeta enclosure so I dug up the eco earth in the cage and checked what was inside. To my surprise, a gigantic adult male Stenopelmatus was sitting in there. So, I left him in the enclosure and took out all the lobster roaches inside, and I fed him some live crickets and dog chows occasionally. This guy guy continued to live for another year until it started loosing antennae and became sluggish, and one day I found sitting on the substrate, dead. :(

On a side note, I received 4 Stenopelmatus sp. (one died recently :( )two CA people so I'm hoping to have some luck with these guys.

 
Many premature captive deaths are the result of horsehair worms. The Insect Zoo has yet to get a JC which hasn't had a worm... there's no way to tell until a day or two before the stupid thing emerges.

Good story, Cariblatta! I'm sure he enjoyed living with so much potential food!

 
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