Brown Small Worm Thing Found

[landon ✰]

Hi,

When I was feeding my baby bearded dragon today, I noticed a small brown worm thing (idk how to describe it) in my cricket box. I recently got a new batch of crickets (yesterday), and used the same egg cartons from my LAST batch..

Is this a parasite or something else?

 

[landon ✰]

Hi,

When I was feeding my baby bearded dragon today, I noticed a small brown worm thing (idk how to describe it) in my cricket box. I recently got a new batch of crickets (yesterday), and used the same egg cartons from my LAST batch..

Is this a parasite or something else?

There were also like 2 dead crickets near it.

 

[HoomanSlave]

Does it look like this?
If so, it's a dermestid beetle larvae. Some cricket breeders will put them in a box of crickets to eat the dead ones so that the box doesn't get nasty. They're safe for beardies to eat, and if you put them inside the cricket enclosure they'll help clean up by eating the deceased crickets and shed exoskeletons. Dermestids are often used by museums to remove flesh from bones. They're pretty interesting animals.

If it isn't a dermestid larvae, it may be a parasite.

 

[landon ✰]

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Does it look like this?
If so, it's a dermestid beetle larvae. Some cricket breeders will put them in a box of crickets to eat the dead ones so that the box doesn't get nasty. They're safe for beardies to eat, and if you put them inside the cricket enclosure they'll help clean up by eating the deceased crickets and shed exoskeletons. Dermestids are often used by museums to remove flesh from bones. They're pretty interesting animals.

If it isn't a dermestid larvae, it may be a parasite.

No, not what I saw.

It was like a skinny tiny brownish worm.

 

[HoomanSlave]

No, not what I saw.

It was like a skinny tiny brownish worm.

Can you get a picture of it (if you can find it again)?