Armstrong’s live crickets are excellent fishing bait for many species of fish like bream, bluegill, perch, and sunfish. Why should you fish with live bait over artificial bait? Fish can determine within milliseconds whether or not the bait in their mouth is live or artificial. If they realize it’s artificial, they’ll eject the bait out of their mouth, often before the fisherman even has time to set the hook. 

Why feed mealworms to your birds? So many birds eat insects naturally that feeding them worms only seems natural! Mealworms are the larva form of the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor. The larva grows into pupa and eventually adult beetles. The larva stage usually lasts about 10 weeks. Mealworms are high in protein and rich in vitamins A and B, making them a great food source for wild birds, reptiles, and fish.

Bearded dragons require specialized care to keep them healthy. Knowing the nutritionally best foods to feed is key to having a healthy lizard. It’s important to make sure your bearded dragon receives adequate amounts of calcium and others nutrients, or they’ll suffer from mineral and nutrient deficiencies. 

Armstrong Crickets sells live crickets starting in quantities of 500. Depending on the size of your pet (and the size of the cricket), that’s usually too many crickets to feed at one time. It’s best to keep the crickets alive in a container so that your pet enjoys many meals from a shipment from Armstrong’s. Here are some tips for keeping crickets in stock at home. 

There are many different cricket species being sold today – the brown cricket (Acheta domestica), the Jamaican Field cricket (Gryllus assimilis), and the Banded cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus). Currently the Crazy Reds (Gryllus locorojo) have not been approved by the FDA for shipping across the United States but are legal for purchase in California. So what is the best species of cricket to feed your pet reptile?