Worms with my crickets

[Hpg613Dragon]

Hey i bought about 100 small crickets from a local petstore about a week ago and i jus noticed that there are some small little white worms and bigger black fuzzy ones crawling around in there. Just wondering what they are and if they could be harmful to my dragon?

 

[burt1016]

omg i had the same thing in my crickets. i also wondered are these edible (for my bd)

 

[tbelanger]

I had that happen too. They explained it to me that it was probably because the distributor breeds other things besides crickets and sometimes they get into the boxes? (sounds weird to me, but whatever) I fed the crickets and flushed or squished the worms (whichever was a better stress reliever :roll: ). I'd be interested to know if they are edible for the beardies tho.

 

[slddgk]

I had this happen to me ... check out this website http://www.bugclinic.com/carpet_beetle.htm... they are some sort of beetle that feeds on the dead animals. I would not feed them to your BD.