I said what I said. These crickets look healthier, live longer, and my leopard gecko LOVES them. Being able to buy them already gut loaded and ready to eat the same day they are delivered is also a huge plus.

got pricey in the lasy two months

I got banded crickets, they all came in in good health with food and moisture. They lived much much longer than the house crickets I have been getting. I highly recommend them!!!!

Next time I'll get 1 inch crickets. Everyone survived. Thx.

I started ordering Josh's Frogs crickets this past fall when the big box petstore (that I actually work at) raised their prices on their crickets. At that time, I was able to order the same number of crickets and it was actually about the same price, even with paying for shipping, and taking into account my employee discount! That is saying a lot! My crickets lasted longer from Josh's Frogs, and having them autoship was so easy. I didn't have to worry if the store would be sold out when I came to work. Now, with winter temps, the shipping is a little more expensive - but still very much well worth it. Yes, I could now purchase my crickets cheaper at my work, but the crickets there often arrive with half a shipment or more dead, due to the cold temperatures in the midwest. My guess is that they would not be as hardy, so I'd be either buying much smaller quantities, or having a lot of loss. I have been thoroughly impressed with the way my crickets have arrived during the cold temps. A recent delivery arrived on a day that it was only in the upper teens. I was thinking the day before that I should have gone in and cancelled this order (or checked to see if Josh's Frogs would pause an autoship order due to temperatures) since it was so cold. I expected to have significant deaths, and would have considered it my fault for not changing the shipping date. But in fact, they arrived, I immediately noticed the box was larger than usual, and that's because it was VERY well insulated with styrofoam and with a heat pack. The crickets were completely fine. I just recently used up the crickets from that order. I had less than 10 out of 120 ordered crickets dead in the container - after 2.5 weeks! I cannot recommend Josh's Frogs crickets enough. Their cricket prices are some of the best I've found, and the shipping charge is 100% worth every penny. You will be money ahead ordering here over any big chain petstores.