Anyone ever managed to breed the black field crix, my big Leopard Geckos always liked them when I could catch them, I think I might try to catch a few and breed them, in the fall I see large females running around that look about ready to lay eggs

I would just stick with the brown crix. The black have alot of chitin in their exoskeleton, this also makes their exoskeleton much harder. They also breed much slower than the brown crickets, all the chitin production must slow their growth rate.

You could try and catch a female and have her lay eggs and see how long they take to hatch, I'd be interested if you are succesful as to how big the pinheads are. I'm not sure but am guessing the eggs take longer than two weeks two hatch.

my Leopard Geckos always liked em, probably cause they're bigger, well i'll give it a try if I come across anymore

Yeah, chitin isn't necessarily a drawback, they have plenty of "meat" on 'em anyhow.

I had a waterdragon years ago who loved japanese beetles, of all things. Now, those are some hard-shelled scary bugs, with spiny legs, too.

you mean the big black ones that are like three inches long, once my Leopard Geckos once talked me into catching sevral large oriental roaches (lol just kidding but I did catch some once when I was totally out of feeders in the dead of winter, would breed them if they didn't stink so bad, plus mom doesn't like roaches in the house, you should have seen her face when I brought a jar full inside)

Japanese beetles are also called "June Bugs" in some areas. They're a very large, reddish-colored beetle. They fly around lights at night. The larvae are a white grub with an orange head that is a lawn pest.

LOL! I was wondering!
The actual Japanese beetle is about the size of a ladybug!

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Common names are such a pain...some june beetle species really do look very similar to Japanese beetles. They're members of the scarab family. However, the june bugs my water dragon appreciated were specifically this type:
http://www.cirrusimage.com/Beetles/June_beetle_1.jpg

That one is often referred to as both a may beetle and a june beetle. Its genus is Phyllophaga. It, like other june beetles and japanese beetles, is a type of scarab. The two other most common "june beetles" are the ten-lined june beetle (Polyphylla decimlineata) and the green june beetle (Cotinis nitida)

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Yes I am all too familiar with June bugs!
When I do outside shows the lights in my booth draw them like crazy!!!
And wait till you catch one in the forehead at 70mph on a bike!

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