In this episode, we come to visit a professional cricket breeding farm in Xizhi District, New Taipei City. This farm specializes in breeding live bait for amphibians and reptiles. Their main product is house crickets; however, they also raise other species to satisfy the needs of reptile breeding farms, providing reptile breeders with more diverse choices of bait. The farm has set up a monitor to strictly control the temperature and humidity of the plant. In the process of mass-producing house crickets, more attention is paid to their nutritional value, hygienic condition, etc. Moreover, the farm is also the supplier of crickets to Taipei Zoo.
Product list：
- Acheta domesticus (House cricket)
- Blaptica dubia (Dubia roach)
- Gromphadorhina portentosa (Madagascar hissing cockroach)
- Gryllus bimaculatus (Two-spotted cricket)
- Shelfordella lateralis (Turkestan cockroach)
- Tenebrio molitor (Mealworm)
- Zophobas morio (Superworm)
Keyword: Edible insects, Live food, Reptile, Amphibian, Chamaeleo calyptratus
