Question About Crickets Carrying Diseases.

[Ven0m2k6]

Earlier I was feeding my beardie Lazarus, and after taking him out of his feeding container I noticed a small, barely noticeable black worm crawling around in the bottom.

I was wondering if this is from the crickets or what. And also wondering if it poses any danger to Lazarus or myself.

 

[tanya1974]

no that a larva nothing to be worryed about at all. just pick them out and dont feed them if it makes you feel any better.

 

[Twobeardieguy]

Just a cleaner bug nothing to worry about. :wink:

 

[wendytx]

I get those bugs sometimes when I buy crickets from Petco.

 

[Beardednoob]

Carpet beetle larvae. They infest the cricket breeders colonies and sometimes are considered problematic. They are not harmful to the crickets in fact as stated above they clean, they eat the dead crickets and so forth. This is the same reason why not to feed them to your dragons as you never know why the cricket they are feasting on has died. :wink:
If perchance they get the opportunity to morph into a beetle, you may wish to discard of the beetle promptly as they fly, can leave the confines of the cricket keeper/bin and become an issue.