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 #1445494


Tortoisechap
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 What are they

I’m new to having insectervous reptiles and have only been keeping crickets for a few months but have noticed this mealworm type bus which have black lines on them as well as being seemingly hairy. I had always prsumed they were cricket larvae but thinking about it crickets dont have larve do they? Anyway recently i discovered quite a few in my cricket keeper and these cricketrs didnt last ong at all and im consendered thee things are eating them.
09/16/07  08:44am

 #1455058


Nytedragon
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   Message To: Tortoisechap   In reference to Message Id: 1445494


 What are they

Not sure what it is you have there... some more info would help...

Where are you from? and can you post any pictures of them?



09/24/07  07:46am

 #1459262


Tortoisechap
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   Message To: Nytedragon   In reference to Message Id: 1455058


 What are they


this is the thing sorry bout view bad camera i live in england.
09/27/07  02:01pm

 #1459436


ViT
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   Message To: Tortoisechap   In reference to Message Id: 1459262


 What are they

crickets lay eggs. which hatch into baby crickets. (pinheads and smaller)

do you have anything like nats or flies that could be getting into your tank? if a nat or fly got in they do have larvae. just an idea.

but honestly i dont know what that is a picture of.

ViT
09/27/07  04:40pm

 #1461166


Snakes guy
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   Message To: ViT   In reference to Message Id: 1459436


 What are they

i dont know what they are but they eat crickets i know for sure. i wednt to petsmart last week to get fresh crix and while the lady was putting some in a bag i looked at those little plastic things the come with prepackaged crickets. not one had any live crickets in them and some didnt have anything but something that looked like cruched crickets. all of them had those little larvae. im pretty sure those were eating them all so i made sure to say something about it and they had no idea what they were. all i know is that you need to keep them away from your crix or you wont have any.



09/28/07  09:37pm

 #1483330


Ladybirdscreatures
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   Message To: Snakes guy   In reference to Message Id: 1461166


 What are they

I know what that is, it’s a flour beetle grub. sometimes theres a few in the boxes of crickets u get. they dont hurt the crickets but they do eat their food so kill them, they’re just a pest and they will over-run ur crickets eventually. my toads like to eat them so i use them for food when i find one
10/19/07  08:02am

 #1493323


Gottee guy
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   Message To: Ladybirdscreatures   In reference to Message Id: 1483330


 What are they

the pic looks like an oversized silkworm.......i would put a very secure topon your crickets’ cage and kill all those larvae
10/28/07  11:19am

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Gottee guy
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   Message To: Ladybirdscreatures   In reference to Message Id: 1483330


 What are they

the pic looks like an oversized silkworm.......i would put a very secure top on your crickets’ cage and kill all those larvae
10/28/07  11:19am


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