Domestic Beetles?

[sarahdjango]

I ordered crickets for fluker's because they were the cheapest i could find... and the box came with worms in it. I called and the lady said they could be the "domestica beetle"? i bet their stocks are infested or something... anyway can i feed the worms to my cham? (i have a male veiled)

 

[nightanole]

Your lucky. Those beetles are $1 each if you have to buy them. they are called skull cleaners or Dermestid beetles. They eat the dead crickets so the colony doesnt smell. You could feed them off but they are normally very small(they can range from 1/8" to 3/4" depending on species). Anyway if you can keep them alive they will make the colony much healthier.

I currently have 3 forms of "cleaner crews", all beetles. I want to get the pill bugs going (they eat mold/mildew) but im not having much luck.

 

[sarahdjango]

Your lucky. Those beetles are $1 each if you have to buy them. they are called skull cleaners or Dermestid beetles. They eat the dead crickets so the colony doesnt smell. You could feed them off but they are normally very small(they can range from 1/8" to 3/4" depending on species). Anyway if you can keep them alive they will make the colony much healthier.

I currently have 3 forms of "cleaner crews", all beetles. I want to get the pill bugs going (they eat mold/mildew) but im not having much luck.

oh awesome!! the ones in my thing are 3/8, same as the crickets i ordered. so i can gut load them with my crickets and feed them to my veiled? and then i guess keep some to keep the cricket colony healthy.