Housing
Two or more containers for the crickets’ home is required. One will be used for adults and the other for rearing the young. Ten or twenty gallon aquariums with wire screened lids or plastic storage containers with lids work well. If you use plastic containers, holes will need to be cut for ventilation. Cover the holes with metal screens and secure them with duct tape. Do not use fiberglass screens since crickets are able to chew threw it. Having an escape-proof enclosure is important. You do not want crickets escaping and hopping around your home. You also don’t want other insects getting in and preying upon them.