What the hell is this thing???!!! (found in cricket tub)

[angelarachnid]

Hey UK guys

who you getting your criks from?

try monkfield, there is a thread on the Tarantula store forum about them.

If it is monkfield call them they will replace thier bad stock, they are very good like that. Ever thought of using maggies?

Ray

 

[OldHag]

An you can use them to Polish off Skulls!

Thats what I use them for They sure smell bad....

 

[smof]

I've got these things, too, and there's a connection between the amount of odd cricket deaths and when I find one of these in with the crix. What's the deal?

I get atleast one or two of these in every box of crix I get. I've been told the hairs on their bodies can harm/kill other bugs so I tend to search for them every time I get a new box and get rid of them, and that lessens the death rate of my crix a bit. They tend to dig into the egg-carton pieces and need pulling out with tweezers.

I think the adult beetles are harmless (and they're kind of cute) but I was told not to feed the larvae to slings because of the hairs. I don't know how accurate that info is but they definitely seem to harm my crickets and I for one don't want to take the risk, so I don't.

 

[OldHag]

Theyre not really harmless.. To crickets no but if you have a bug collection (dried) or taxidery mounts they can be a horror!! They will destroy them!

 

[Mads]

The dermestids don't actually harm the crickets, they are a scavenger bug, basically they eat anything that's dead, so they will only eat the dead crickets. The larvae are easy to control, but when they become beetles they are able to fly and will go to where ever there is a food source, lay eggs, and start the cycle anew.

 

[PhilR]

Hey UK guys

who you getting your criks from?

try monkfield, there is a thread on the Tarantula store forum about them.

If it is monkfield call them they will replace thier bad stock, they are very good like that. Ever thought of using maggies?

Ray

I mostly feed lobster roach nymphs to the smaller ones, but I'll give Monkfield a try. Cheers, Ray

 

[BlackxLilies]

It's a carpet bettle ( http://www.bugclinic.com/carpet_beetle.htm ) I get them with the crix sometimes too, but always kill them. I don't like the idea of them getting loose and infesting our house (however unlikely and paranoid that sounds lol)

 

[Gigas]

Hey UK guys

who you getting your criks from?

try monkfield, there is a thread on the Tarantula store forum about them.

If it is monkfield call them they will replace thier bad stock, they are very good like that. Ever thought of using maggies?

Ray

www.Livefoods.co.uk i was originally using global live but i got a few beetles from them switched to these guys and the beetles have followed, i really think someone should set up selling roaches instead of T's, i would but im not allowed roaches.(strange im allowed scorpions and T's but not roaches?) any way all those people goin on they were harmless, i found a crick with one nearly completely inside of the abdomen,(crik was still alive somehow?) maybe it had moulted and gotten munched.
and i did use maggotsbut the T's spilt there insides all over the pllace. i also cant get squats where i am so i cant feed slings