Does anyone know how to build a cricket trap?

Question

does anyone know how to build them and what to bait them with i have fields all around my house and trapping crickets seems a lot better than buying them also are they okay to feed my water dragon if i catch the crickets in the wild instead of buying them at a pet store

Answer 1

NO NO NO NO NO

Do not feed wild bugs to pets.

Unless the pet you have was wild from the area you never want to give them wild food. It may seem like a cricket is a cricket but wild crickets have pesticides that local wildlife has become accustomed to but that will hurt other reptiles

Answer 2

its better that you dont feed wild caught food items to captive animals. The reasons being that 1. you dont have any control over what they've been eating (they could have been eating things that are toxic to your animal i.e. pesticides laden plants, poisonous plants). 2. You dont have any control over what pests they may be carrying that could affect your animal. Stick to the crickets from the store or else breed your own--thats a lot cheaper.