Hey, I bought crickets for my red eared sliders. The biggest cricket hasn't been fed to them yet because on his rear end, it hasa large stinger-like needle. Is this normal, should I feed it to my turtles?

its fine. my frogs eat them all the time. Its not a stinger. I don't know what it is, but its not a stinger.

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My name is Liz
Do what's best for the animal, not what's best for you.

Totally normal.

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MARSHA

:D I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on!

The cricket with the big "stinger" is actually a female. That stinger is actually called an ovipositor. She pushes it into the substrate and delivers her eggs that way for incubation. It isn't harmful and doesn't actually "sting".

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Thank you so much!!