Bug ID and snake question

[MChorse13]

i saw this spider at school and i was curious as to what it could be, I've never seen one like this before i think its a "banded garden spider" after a quick Google search . i bought crickets from a differnt place than usual and these crickets looked ginormous can anyone tell me what kind they are? also if i gut load mice before i feed them to my snake will it do anything as far as color enhancing or any other benefits that escape me at the moment?

 

[Vicious_Fish]

I'm pretty sure that's a Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans).

 

[Sylvias]

I agree with green lynx spider, awesome find.
Those look s like regular brown crickets that you get at any pet store to me...maybe just older than what you're used to seeing....
"gut loading" mice will not make any difference to your snake, you should feed the mice a healthy diet so that the snake eats a healthy mouse but there is no color enhancing magic food that you can "gut load" mice on

 

[Ryan75]

The crickets may be shedding, they turn a white color before they do.

 

[muffywrx]

Color enhancing ? Lol

Just feed the mice something nutritious like a high quality rodent lab block and your snake will be happy.

 

[MChorse13]

i usually buy my crickets at petco its the closest pet store to me......and they look way different than these , these kinda look like crickets on steroids compared to the petco ones lol and as for the snake thing i was just curious since you can gutload/dust crickets for other reptiles. thanks for the replies