Worms in my crickets?????

[mrgoogls]

i buy my crickets online because my beardie eats like a pig.... but recently i have noticed a ton of little worms with them!!!!!! there are usually 1 or 2 worms per thousand crickets but this time there were probably about 100 worms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have a few questions:

What are they? they are little and brown or blackish. they also are pretty fast for a worm and morph into there bettle things

What do they do? are they supposed to be with the crickets or are they a pest?

Are they safe for the crickets? my 1000 crickets usually last about a month or so, but in about 2 weeks they are almost all dead! is that because of the worms???

Are they safe for the beardie??!!??!! m beardie accidentaly ate a few of them!!! will he be ok??

Can they be eaten? this 1 comes from my dad:he thinks that they wont do anything and they will just serve as extra food. could i feed them to my beardie as if they were meant to be feeder worms like mealworms?

ty for any help. if u can plz answet the ?'s the best u can

 

[AHBD]

Those are dermestid beetles + larvae. They won't hurt if your dragon eats them, but they are scavengers which are put in the box to eat the skin sheds from the crix. Not very nutritious and they aren't meant to really be fed to beardies.

 

[lauraj1055]

But keep them because they will keep your cricket bin clean!

 

[brezofleur]

Yes, definitely don't throw them out! They'll also eat any cricket poop and help keep your bin clear(er).