Please ID

[Atreyuhero4]

Ok so I got a little somthing extra in my cricket bag today, it appears to be a little catapillar but I have never seen one like this mostly its just manarch butterfly catapillars and its winter and so if you could help me ID this little guy that would be awesome. Thanks!

 

[lucanidae]

Dermestid beetle larva. They eat the dead cricket bits.

 

[Atreyuhero4]

So its not a parasitic thing? thank God. lol what will the beetle look like?

 

[Vulgaris]

Yeah dermestid beetle is right. I get them in with crickets all the time
They can infest your house, so make sure you don't let them escape
http://bugguide.net/node/view/6448

 

[LeilaNami]

They're fun little guys though. The invert guy at the zoo always fed them dog food and dead things

 

[Atreyuhero4]

Theres only one of them and its going to go back ion with the crickets lol. I would also like to make a small announcement: I bought 100 large crickets to my suprise about 90 of them were female and i have 3 deli cups in there right now and sence I put them in there they have all been full of females laying eggs literally on just the side where I can see down a little around there whole thing there is like 500 or more eggs per deli cup

 

[calum]

I breed these little critters, they are VERY easy to breed. I started off with about 5 - 6 adults a few months ago and now I have well over 100. they eat a huge amount of food as well.

 

[bhoeschcod]

Ah as do i but i only have 2