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4TheLuvOfDragons
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 What are these bugs in my Cricket Tanks?

I’ve been gone for a week and a half and my husband has been taking care of things. He doesn’t do as thorough of a job at cleaning out the critters cages as I do, so they realllly needed a good cleaning and tub change. Now I noticed about a dozen or so bugs/worms scrambling around. Anyone have any idea what these are? I introduced about 100 small crickets into my tank a few weeks ago from the pet store. Needed to up my production for mediums. So it may have been something from there, I just don’t know.

Here are some images, sorry for the bad images, they are small about 1/4" in size. Look a little hairy with stripes. I even tried to scan them for better quality, did nothing more than squish them, lol.

Any clues? Are they good, bad, indifferent? I got rid of all that I could find, but I’m sure they had to come from somewhere and will return. I have also had some small black beetles come in with crickets in the past. I didn’t pay much attention to this last small batch from the pet store, so there is no telling.




11/10/07  02:24pm

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4TheLuvOfDragons
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   Message To: 4TheLuvOfDragons   In reference to Message Id: 1508531


 What are these bugs in my Cricket Tanks?

Forgot to mention that in the last picture (actually a scan) the two on out outside you are seeing their stomachs, the one in the middle it’s back. So they are lighter on the top than underneath.



11/10/07  04:09pm

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Kamoto gecko
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   Message To: 4TheLuvOfDragons   In reference to Message Id: 1508615


 What are these bugs in my Cricket Tanks?

There is nothing to freak out about. You get those from some places when they just get their shipment of crickets in. They are just little harmless worms that just eat the crickets waist. Those beetles if I am correct are the adult form of those little worms. Don’t quote me on the beetles though.
11/10/07  08:55pm

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   Message To: Kamoto gecko   In reference to Message Id: 1508938


 What are these bugs in my Cricket Tanks?

ive had those 2 and i just kill them.
11/11/07  12:59am

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Geezle
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   Message To: C.cyber   In reference to Message Id: 1509229


 What are these bugs in my Cricket Tanks?

If it’s the same as the bugs in this thread Link it’s a flour beetle grub.
11/11/07  11:51am

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Lizard Mania
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   Message To: Geezle   In reference to Message Id: 1509579


 What are these bugs in my Cricket Tanks?

looks like a weavel
02/02/08  02:24pm

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Tegu~lover <3
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   Message To: 4TheLuvOfDragons   In reference to Message Id: 1508531


 What are these bugs in my Cricket Tanks?

its ccalled a "wooly worm" they are grubs of a kinda of beatle the worms also eat meat the people who make anial skeletons use them to clean t he skin off the bones so ya just kill them. they come from the places u buy crickets
09/30/08  12:41am

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   Message To: Tegu~lover <3   In reference to Message Id: 1871199


 What are these bugs in my Cricket Tanks?

yea i got some in my bag from petsmart
11/22/08  10:53pm


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