Choose Your Crickets with Confidence

  • Five sizes, 100–5,000 counts

    Compare pinhead, extra small, small, medium, and large banded crickets. Choose the size and count that suit your feeding routine.

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  • A family cricket business

    Our family has worked in the cricket business for generations. Learn about the people and experience behind BuyFeederCrickets.

    Our family story 

  • Wholesale: 10,000 or more

    For orders of 10,000 or more crickets per order, contact Barton Bait Distributors, Inc. at 803-648-1653. Smaller orders can be placed online.

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A closer look at BuyFeederCrickets

  • Rows of cricket rearing containers inside the family cricket business

    Inside our cricket business

    A look inside our rearing room. Our family cricket business now supplies banded crickets for reptile and amphibian keepers.

    Meet our family business 
  • BuyFeederCrickets branded shipping box with a screened ventilation panel

    Our live-cricket shipping box

    One of our branded shipping boxes, with a screened ventilation panel. Orders ship Mondays only; the cutoff is 9 AM Eastern. Weather holds may apply.

    Shipping information 

Insect Keeping

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  • How to Keep Feeder Crickets Alive Longer

    Simple feeder cricket care tips for reptile and amphibian owners, including housing, temperature, food, hydration, cleaning, and choosing the right cricket size.

    How to Keep Feeder Crickets Alive Longer

    Simple feeder cricket care tips for reptile and amphibian owners, including housing, temperature, food, hydration, cleaning, and choosing the right cricket size.

  • Life Cycle of Banded Crickets

    Banded crickets (Gryllodes sigillatus) develop through egg, nymph and adult stages. Understanding those stages helps when choosing feeders, but there is no single timetable that predicts how long every shipment...

    Life Cycle of Banded Crickets

    Banded crickets (Gryllodes sigillatus) develop through egg, nymph and adult stages. Understanding those stages helps when choosing feeders, but there is no single timetable that predicts how long every shipment...

  • Superworms Care Sheet

    If you've recently started keeping superworms as pets, you may be wondering how to properly care for them. Superworms, also known as kingworms or zophobas, are popular as feeders for...

    Superworms Care Sheet

    If you've recently started keeping superworms as pets, you may be wondering how to properly care for them. Superworms, also known as kingworms or zophobas, are popular as feeders for...

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Insect Benefits and Uses

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