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#1781860
Victora
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 Tiny worm in cricket cage
Its a tiny black worm that looks like it has hairs on it!...what is it?...is it a parasite?...and is it safe to still feed the crickets to my gecko? i dnt know where it came from!
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07/03/08 04:06pm
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#1782475
Computerkid26
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Message To: Victora In reference to Message Id: 1781860
Tiny worm in cricket cage
I think what you’re looking at is a nymph from a weevil of some sort. I’ve seen those before in my cricket’s tank. I don’t think your gecko will get sick off the crickets, but just to be safe you could throw those crickets away.
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07/04/08 01:00am
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#1786031
Veruk
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Message To: Computerkid26 In reference to Message Id: 1782475
Tiny worm in cricket cage
I read on the meal worm forum that it’s just a cleaner worm.. that eats dead crickets and there poop or something like that...i wouldnt worry about it
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07/07/08 06:09pm
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#1786238
JanelC
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Message To: Veruk In reference to Message Id: 1786031
 Tiny worm in cricket cage
What you are seeing is a larval form of a dermestid beetle. You are right in that they are cleaner beetles in this situation-eating the leftover exoskeletons of the crickets. These beetles can become real problems in insect collections-they will eat away the prettiest butterfly in no time flat. These kinds of beetles are also used to clean carcasses of the left over sinew and muscles so that museums can just have a nice clean skeleton of something. Some members of this type of beetle can be pests though. For example, some are called carpet beetles and they really love wool. (Old carpets used to be made out of wool.) There are many, many more types of these including stored product pests. Hope this helps!!!
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07/07/08 08:58pm
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#1853516
Daveim
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Message To: JanelC In reference to Message Id: 1786238
Tiny worm in cricket cage
ya, I found one in a container of crickets bought from Petco (it was the last time I ordered petco crickets)
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09/07/08 09:19am
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#1856075
Clouddancer22
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Message To: Daveim In reference to Message Id: 1853516
Tiny worm in cricket cage
Janel - I was wondering what part of California you live in . . . I know a Janel C. in Kingsburg, lol!
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09/10/08 12:52pm
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T.Lynn
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Message To: Clouddancer22 In reference to Message Id: 1856075
 Tiny worm in cricket cage
When in doupt...FLUSH it out!
Don’t panic!
Flush it down the toilet!
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09/17/08 11:58pm
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