Is this safe?

[Tsukengi]

hello I bought some crickets from petsmart and I found one dead with white curls from its head. Is my whole supply infected now? I was going to feed my T before I saw this

 

[Poonjab]

That’s parasites. Hellllllll nooooooo

 

[Tsukengi]

That’s parasites. Hellllllll nooooooo

Ok thank you. I will replace my supply asap

 

[Poonjab]

Ok thank you. I will replace my supply asap

It’s one of those things where it could be a one off. However I’m not an expert when it comes to parasites and how they spread etc.. I just wouldn’t take the risk. Maybe switch over to a different feeder for a while until they get new shipment in.

 

[myrmecophile]

That looks kinda like a molt to me, I have seen similar in molted skins and fed the crickets with no harm.

 

[Scp682]

That looks kinda like a molt to me, I have seen similar in molted skins and fed the crickets with no harm.

It's clearly bursting out of the cricket which is already dead..

 

[RoachCoach]

Cordyceps doesn't normally look that clean when it starts to fruit. And most of the parasites in crickets come out of the butt. Its a bit blurry of a photo. Can't verify but those look a lot like the molted spiracles being pulled through the split in the back. Did it stink? Was it feather light? I'm not even gonna pretend I'm on team crickets, because I am the farthest from it. Might want to poke it a bit if you a curious. If it is a molt, it will be fairly evident.

 

[Tsukengi]

Thank you everyone for your help. I found out when I got the new amount that it is a shed skin. an hour after bringing them home there as a white cricket (which I caught right away and gave to my T ) and found the old skin and half an hour later saw a cricket in the molting process

 

[Matts inverts]

You should freeze them for 72 hours before throwing away