Found a worm in with my Dubias?

[reillyrebekahann]

uhhh.....ew.

There was only one. It looked like a very skinny, long, black meal worm.
Also I moved the crates around and found quite a few dead dubias.

I just bought some new egg crates and will be doing a total cleaning as soon as they come in.

Any ideas?

 

[ChrisMiller]

How long was it? Could have been a number of things. First thought was a phoenix worm (black soldier fly larvae) but you said it was long... which wouldn't make sense.

Dead dubia (as long as they are adults) are totally normal. A decent sized colony will always have adults dying off. If they aren't adults, then I might be concerned and start looking at the bigger picture... otherwise I don't think you need to worry.

 

[reillyrebekahann]

Nah, it didn't really look like a phoenix worm. It looked longer and skinnier. I have no idea what it is.
Originally I thought it might be one of those carpet beetle larvae, but it wasn't fuzzy.


There were a few adults, but mostly medium nymphs.

 

[Trajega]

meal worm? Im assuming the carpet beatle is a dermestid reference?

 

[cjsdragons]

theres a strain of worm some breeders use to kill mites there harmless i think buffalo worms there creepy i personally remove all of them before i add new dubia