This weird worm? Came with the crickets.

[SaintJimmy]

Would my chameleon be able to eat this?

 

[KatCham]

Thats the cleanup crew! LOL

They eat the dead skin etc from the feeders.

I don't think they are of any nutritional benefit to be honest.

 

[Rush2112]

I try to leave mine in the cricket keeper but my Cham has eaten a few before

 

[Seiryu]

Yep harmless cleaner worm

 

[SaintJimmy]

Yep harmless cleaner worm

I try to leave mine in the cricket keeper but my Cham has eaten a few before

Thats the cleanup crew! LOL

They eat the dead skin etc from the feeders.

I don't think they are of any nutritional benefit to be honest.

Ah, okay! I've heard stuff before about how they put worms in there to clean up, but I thought they would've looked more like.. worms.

I guess I'll leave the thing in there, then.

 

[DavidBuchan]

It's the larva of the dermestid beetle. I fed one or two to my chams and they ate them ok. It will do no harm, but it's not any good as a regular item of course.

 

[SaintJimmy]

It's the larva of the dermestid beetle. I fed one or two to my chams and they ate them ok. It will do no harm, but it's not any good as a regular item of course.

Thank you David.

Before you posted this I was searching around google frantically trying to figure out what kind of worm it was. After searching a lot of stuff like "hairy worm" and "cricket cleanup crew" I got sent to threads like this and my answer was Dermestid Beetles.

The more you know!