Centipedes in dubia colony

[Killa J]

I recently ordered 1000 small dubias to add to my colony that’s still getting started. I’m now finding centipedes in the cage. They range from tiny up to about an inch long. I’ll try to get a pic, but there’s probably a dozen or so that I’ve seen. I’m assuming they came in with the new dubias. Is there any harm in them being there? I won’t feed them to my dragon, just don’t want them killing my dubias either.

 

[Sadie]

I recently ordered 1000 small dubias to add to my colony that’s still getting started. I’m now finding centipedes in the cage. They range from tiny up to about an inch long. I’ll try to get a pic, but there’s probably a dozen or so that I’ve seen. I’m assuming they came in with the new dubias. Is there any harm in them being there? I won’t feed them to my dragon, just don’t want them killing my dubias either.

Post a pic of them and I will let you know --

 

[Killa J]

Post a pic of them and I will let you know --

I’ll take some later this evening

 

[Killa J]

Upon closer look, they are dermestid beetle larvae

 

[Killa J]

The bigger ones were obvious. The small ones really looked like regular centipedes.

 

[Sadie]

The bigger ones were obvious. The small ones really looked like regular centipedes.

They are a cleaner beetle and that is what I was thinking let them do their job