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jartok: worm like creature with crickets (26. Sep 2008 23:01)

i got some small black crickets in tub roughly 200 in there or so i know i cant use them all before i put ants into hibernation end october but ill let them free . but

there is this worm like creature with legs in tub a few of them what are these should i remove them ? kinda flat body

gabranth: Re: worm like creature with crickets (27. Sep 2008 15:18)

ive had one of them with my crickets and my mealworms its best to get rid of it.

also don't release your crickets into the wild

ratgreen: Re: worm like creature with crickets (28. Sep 2008 13:16)

yer, a black sort of caterpillar looking thing, doesn't seem to do much but u always get one in a box of crickets, just did some research and it might be a species of Dermestid beetle larvae

JimmyVe: Re: worm like creature with crickets (28. Sep 2008 13:20)

You could put your crickets in the freezer until spring. Defrost them and give them to your ants. That way you could still use them.

ratgreen: Re: worm like creature with crickets (28. Sep 2008 13:25)

yer those worm things are Dermestid beetle larvea, and aparently they kill crickets, so take them out asap.

http://www.livefoodshop.co.uk/forum/lofiversion/index.php?t59921.html

jartok: Re: worm like creature with crickets (29. Sep 2008 21:55)

ah i dropped the crickets and they all got loose in my room i picked them all up and left 7 in cage and then froze the rest till hibernation ends the worm things that where in there have done one thoe . hopefully will just die