newborn cickets?

this morning i woke up to my P. impreator feeding on a cricket then on the glass a noticed what seemed to be a newborn cricket can some one show me what they look like bcuz i couldn't find it by search

are they ever white

ShredderEmp wrote:

are they ever white

After they molt.

Could you get pictures? Then we can see what they are.

they're too small for my cameras but they are 3/16 of an inch and look exactly like crickets however some have turned brown now theres only like five but i just wanted to know what they were

I have had on several ocassions pinheads showing up in scorp tanks, infact my male B. Gigas has a few right now. I see it as a bonus gift....if you can raise them big enough to be worth anything.....freshly hatched mantids are always ready for some newbie crickets

are pin heads just newborn crix than?

ShredderEmp wrote:

are pin heads just newborn crix than?

Yes.

If they are really bothering you, or if the scorp seems to be getting stressed out, a substrate change should get rid of them.

i just wanted to make sure they don't do anything bad he's not even aware of them haha he's a happy scorp because he barely ever comes out

I have often been plagued with new born (pin head) crickets when using adult females as feeders. In case you don't know, the female crickets have a long tube comming out of their rear-end. They stick this is the substrate to lay eggs and then the eggs hatch.

I'm new at this but the way I see it if you are using an adult female as a feeder you need to make sure that she is eaten right away. If you leave her in the cage you might get babies. I usually feed the adult females to my critters that eat right away and save the adult males for critters who like to eat without me around.

I have not had this problem with baby crickets. I don't sort them by male vs female if I need to leave them in the cage. However, I'm not sure at what point the females become sexually mature and can lay eggs. Maybe someone can chime in about this???

Also, a thought I've had (but have not tried) would be to cut the egg tube off the adult female crickets to prevent them from laying eggs in the cage. Anyone try this?