500 Live Banded Crickets (Medium (1/2"))

This package arrived ony porch and the appearance was perfect! The quality of the crickets were greate as well as the packaging. There were no harsh smell and they crickets were all alive and I'm good health. It was so easy for me to order them than drive 1.5 hours! Thank you!!

I was very worried about my order, as it arrived 4-5 days after my purchase, and instead of being delivered to my door, it was placed in a mailbox I couldn’t get to for several hours. Then I saw just how small the box they were in was, and I was sure it would be at least half full of dead crickets. I was really surprised when I’d opened the box to, nearly, all 500 safe and sound. There was a pretty bad smell, the potato was rotten, and there were a lot of feces, but I feel that’s to be expected when there’s 500 bugs crammed into a small box for 5 days. They all seem very healthy too. Normally when I purchase crickets from a pet store, about 1/3 of the crickets end up dying after a week. But after a week of having these, it seems the only casualties have been from my lizard.

The media could not be loaded. The listing says heat pack included if necessary. I would say below freezing temps all over the country qualify as “needed” but none was included. They all are 100% dead. Not a single living cricket. I let them warm up in my house for a couple hours just in case they needed warmed up but no luck. Completely dead. And it’s pretty difficult to request a refund. Unfortunately I wouldn’t recommend ordering unless the outside temps are perfect.

I have edited this!Lately in So California, getting crickets is like going on a treasure hunt, and when you buy them, the max one can buy at our local pet store is 50 at the price of $.17 a buggo. With my little bearded dragon, it costs me about $120 a month to feed her. That’s more than I pay for dog food for my 5 dogs. With that headache in mind, I took the plunge and opted to buy in bulk.This seller offered 500 for $27.99, roughly 6 cents a bug - a great price. I bought a small tank with a screen top to house them and I hope they’ll breed so I don’t have to purchase them as often. I opened their shipping box, which was compact and had plenty of egg crate, and proceeded to dump the crickets in the tank. The first thing I noticed was that these were not medium size crickets, they were JUMBO! On the not so good side half of them were dead. I don’t know if they had a rough ride, if they cannibalized each other or what, but I mugshotted them, and gave the dead a burial.Along with these crickets came a variety of stowaways. There were little black beetle looking bugs that kind of looked like ticks, and some long black bug that looked like a little worm with legs.I wasn’t sure sure how I felt about this. This seller was one of the more expensive, and I went with them because of their great reviews. Because so many arrived dead, I’m disappointed.I emailed the seller explaining the situation and they promptly responded. They gave me a choice of a refund or replacement, and I felt that since my dragon has 250 or so to eat for now, adding another 500 might be overkill, and they might die before she can eat them. With that I chose a refund for now, and next time I need more, I will reuse this vendor. Accidents happen, and I’m very happy the sellers were so accommodating.

The 500 crickets arrived quickly and on time. All the crickets were healthy, and by the looks of it, none of them had perished during shipment (wow!). They were active and ready to become dinner for my leopard geckos after some gut-loading.I have kept these crickets in a 10 gallon tank with a screen top lid for nearly 3 weeks now, and they are still alive and well.My only complaint is that the crickets came free-roaming in a medium sized box, which made it difficult to transfer them into a different container for long-term care. During the transfer process, about 25 escaped (from what I saw, it was probably more). Thankfully for me, my cats and mini pig were more than happy to hunt them down and eat them. I wish they could divide the crickets up into four smaller boxes within the larger box to make the transfer process easier.I will be ordering again soon!

No está tan mal siempre viene casi todos vivos ya salen son grillos y son delicados de 500 viene vivos como unos 300/400 (mueren por aplastamiento)nada mal lo que no me gusta es que siempre salen como gusanos negros con picos cuál me preocupa que sea peligroso para mi chimuelon

I'm giving this 4 stars this time only because the most recent package I received was much smaller with very little airflow, and about half of the crickets died. The first time, it was a larger flat box with plenty of airflow, and it was delivered to my door. This time USPS put it in a box (I live in a condo). This might be my fault for not telling the seller, but I assumed it would be delivered to my door like the first time. My first order, all the crickets came alive and well, and if you feed and water them they last. My 500 1/2 inch crickets lived about 3 weeks and grew to a good size,and the expected amount died while in my care. I will be ordering again, and I'll leave a request to have it delivered to my door, and if that's done, I will gladly give 5 stars.**Update**I ordered another box and contacted the seller to see if they can request USPS drop off the box at my door. They informed me they can write it on the box, but the postal employee will be the one who determines these things, and I tend to agree.