WORMS IN CRICKETS??
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Hi there, that Q comes up on this forum every now + then. Those are the larva of the Dermestid beetle, they are used as cleaners to eat up shed + poo from the crickets and are harmles to your beardie. Beardies actually like them but since they [ the worms ] are scavengers it's not advised to feed them to your beardie on purpose in large numbers, but they are not toxic one bit. Many b.d. owners have dragons that ate this , including mine. No worry at all. 
Oh, they do turn in to a small black beetle and can fly a bit at that stage so just watch that you don't get a number of them in your house. Not that it's a problem, I've had about 25 years worth of crix in my hose [ along with those larva ] and not one thing has ever done damage or escaped + became an infestation.
Oh, they do turn in to a small black beetle and can fly a bit at that stage so just watch that you don't get a number of them in your house. Not that it's a problem, I've had about 25 years worth of crix in my hose [ along with those larva ] and not one thing has ever done damage or escaped + became an infestation.
Well actually, the little worms I've got are smaller and look to be feeding ON the crickets... they're also yellow/cream colored. It also seems odd that I've got a large batch of dead crickets the same time I see these... I've never had any batch like this before...AHBD":3bw3chf7 said:Hi there, that Q comes up on this forum every now + then. Those are the larva of the Dermestid beetle, they are used as cleaners to eat up shed + poo from the crickets and are harmles to your beardie. Beardies actually like them but since they [ the worms ] are scavengers it's not advised to feed them to your beardie on purpose in large numbers, but they are not toxic one bit. Many b.d. owners have dragons that ate this , including mine. No worry at all.
Oh, they do turn in to a small black beetle and can fly a bit at that stage so just watch that you don't get a number of them in your house. Not that it's a problem, I've had about 25 years worth of crix in my hose [ along with those larva ] and not one thing has ever done damage or escaped + became an infestation.
Hi Chese, you must have some type of fly larva on yours. Your crix died + probably attracted the scavenger flies [ gnats + other type of small flies ] that laid eggs in the dead crix like they do in all animals. That's a different thing altogether. BTW, this thread is a year old , if you want to start a thread with Q's + some pics that could be helpful. But the ones in the original thread here are not the same as what you are seeing.
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