Weird caterpillar thing in my crickets?

[caroline?]

does anyone know what this is?!! it was in my crickets from the petco, it's brown and fuzzy and it has a creme colored belly kinda looks like a caterpillar? is it harmless? is it toxic?! i don't know?!! someone help lol

 

[Gryllidae Per Kcal]

It could be a Buffalo beetle larvae but idk.

 

[Kamikaze Chameleon]

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[Gryllidae Per Kcal]

If it's a buffalo beetle larvae then it's beneficial for the feeder insects. Suppliers like to put in buffalo beetles with the feeders they breed and ship because they act like a clean up crew for them. I've ordered 50 or 100 of them for my bioactive and dubia roaches.

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

I get those quite often in orders of dubia roaches—clean up crew.

 

[Kaizen]

Yup, it’ll be the larval form of one of the various clean-up-crew beetles. Super beneficial to have in your cricket/roach bins. Consider it a bonus’

 

[jamest0o0]

Everyone is wrong, it's a dermestid beetle larvae also used in taxidermy for their ravenous feeding. Enough of them will even attack freshly molted insects. Some people use them in clean up crews, specifically crickets, to keep the bins clean. I personally find them too crazy and the beetles fly lol.

 

[caroline?]

thank you!