Virus killing crickets

[electrofelt]

Hey everyone, I came across this article and I figured I would pass it along to anyone here that feeds crickets.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110112/ap_on_re_us/us_food_and_farm_cricket_crisis

I am a little worried about feeding crickets to my gecko now, although that is the only live thing she will eat. Go figure.

 

[Joao]

in the link it said the virus doesnt harm your reptiles...

might explain why half my crickets died a day after i brought them home ahaha... maybe not...

 

[Tony C]

There are several threads on the topic if you search for "cricket paralysis virus", you will find lots of good info in them. The virus is not dangerous in any way to reptiles or amphibians, feeding off infected crickets is perfectly safe.