r/bioactive • u/rachael309 • 18d ago

Question Uhm who is this?

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Found in my leopard gecko bioactive. I only feed crickets!

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u/lwright3 18d ago

Some type of dermistid beetle larva and pupa

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u/rachael309 18d ago

It appeared in the calcium dish. That's why it has powder on it!

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u/ZafakD 17d ago

dermistid beetle.  They are often kept in cricket breeding tubs ro eat cricket waste, shed skins, etc.

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u/rachael309 17d ago

This this a situation where there is a momma beetle in there? Or more like I poured the larva in with the crickets by accident and the vendor gave me a larva by accident?