. I wish this species of cricket was readily available in my area as I have used them before and agree with all of the reviews but they just aren't. The issue I have with Ghann's and most online sources is that they either kill you with the minimum order (250 per order in this case is even much for me!) or the shipping is a deal breaker. But always looking....
I wish we had the silent kind! I feed the male's to my beardies because they go quick and leave the female crickets for my tarantulas in case they don't eat right away. That way I don't hear chirping all night...I the UK we're lucky, we can buy crickets in boxes. I buy 3-4 every 2 weeks of various sizes and these are silent crickets. Buying online and paying shipping works out cheaper for me than buying in a pet shop..
The sizes available are
Micro (pinhead) 1-3mm
Small 4-5mm
Med/small 6-8mm
Med 8-12mm
Standard 12-18mm
Large 15-20mm
Ex. Large 20-30mm
not bad, much better prices and counts than anything I can find on this side of the pond. Luckily all my feeding is now free with my roach colony
and starting to pay off the $50 or $75 i've put into it so far. I may start buying some crickets now and then just for something different and to watch how insane the Ts go to get them 
People still say fortnight over there? That is so cool
lol
what's the count per box? best i've found here in the states is 250 per at the same sizes up to medium then i think it was 100 or 150 per. i'll have to check again to verify.
So the best prices i can find for banded circkets are at joshsfrogs.com 250 per order for pinhead, and small (1/8"), then 120 for 1/4", then 72 for 1/2" and 5/8", 60 for 3/4" and up.
Also have timberline crickets, but those are the ones we get at the lps that never last for more than 2 weeks no matter the size. smallest order for them any size is 500 count. They give you a few hundred extra to cover the dead loss
, which are far better than the typical run of the mill domestic house crickets that the majority of pet shops and online vendors sell. I've never been fond of roaches. Granted I have not used dubia, but I have heard quite a few cases of keepers reporting that some of their tarantulas refused to eat them, and I've heard the same for certain other roach species (discoids which I actually tried myself and had very mixed results with). So the banded crickets have the advantage of being pretty much universally accepted by most tarantulas and other inverts (like I've said I've yet to see one that refused crickets), as well as being tougher +longer-lived and quieter than other cricket species.
There is still a dubia living quite happily in my G.porteri's enclosure on her hide, as well as one with my T.ockerti. Most of mine refuse to eat dubia. SOoooooo, I'm going to give up and order a large box of them and let them do what crickets do naturally, thanks for info on the banded. Guess I'll get mine at Josh's :/Well the ones that Josh's Frogs sells are the banded crickets
Ever see a pic of one of mine that looked skinny? They all ate dubia for over a year, with a very occasional worm, once I was satisfied they were all eating dubia well. Only a small part of my collection balked to begin with though.. Your tarantulas won't starve if you wait a month to feed them guys And while that's not my regular schedule, it will damn sure kick a tarantula's appetite up a notch. Don't let them railroad you. You guys think tarantulas would starve themselves to death to avoid eating dubia roaches? Spoiled. Fatass. Tarantulas. lol
