… beloved pet sheep, I should add…Just found these in my newly opened alfalfa bale. Are these blister beetles? or just crickets? Would you still feed this to sheep? There’s one to three bugs per flake it seems…
I think they are pretty dry since they are loosing limbs, but I haven’t touched them to test… So they look like crickets to you, not the dreaded blister beetles?I occasionally find dried grasshoppers in my alfalfa bales. My goats apparently don't have any issues/problems/complaints about the alfalfa as the only sounds heard are chomping and chewing.
Are your bugs still squishy or are they dried out? I don't think my goats would care for squishy bugs... I know I wouldn't.
Crickets.Just found these in my newly opened alfalfa bale. Are these blister beetles? or just crickets? Would you still feed this to sheep? There’s one to three bugs per flake it seems…
Thanks! Yes I‘ve looked up pictures, but a squished bug is a bit harder to identify… I think the hind legs give it away though, and the fact the wings are a bit thinner and lighter brown.Crickets.
These are blister beetles.
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