hey in the last 2 load of crix ive bought ive found this small black bug bout 6mm long what is it ?

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1.1.0 Reticulated Pythons (Java & Calico)
2.5.0 Royal Pythons (Spiders, Pastels, Lesser Platinums & Normals)
1.1.0 Kenyan Sand Boa
1.1.0 Vine Snakes
1.2.0 Californian King Snakes
4.11.0 Burmese Pythons (Albino Green Granite, Striped Labyrinth. Albino Granites, Greens, Albinos, Granites, Dwarf etc.)
6.20.3 Leopard Geckos (Macksnows, Tangerine Albinos, Super Hypos, Normals, Giant Sunglows etc.)
1.0.0 Bosc
1.0.0 Asian Water Monitor
1.0.0 Black & White Tegu
1.0.0 Yemen Chameleon
0.0.1 Pacman Frog
0.0.1 African Bull Frog
1.1.0 Black & White Skunks
1.1.0 African Pygmy Hedgehogs
Various Inverts

Probably a Buffalo worm, its nothing to worry about if it is

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not a worm tho lol its like a lil black beetle

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The Shed Collective
1.1.0 Reticulated Pythons (Java & Calico)
2.5.0 Royal Pythons (Spiders, Pastels, Lesser Platinums & Normals)
1.1.0 Kenyan Sand Boa
1.1.0 Vine Snakes
1.2.0 Californian King Snakes
4.11.0 Burmese Pythons (Albino Green Granite, Striped Labyrinth. Albino Granites, Greens, Albinos, Granites, Dwarf etc.)
6.20.3 Leopard Geckos (Macksnows, Tangerine Albinos, Super Hypos, Normals, Giant Sunglows etc.)
1.0.0 Bosc
1.0.0 Asian Water Monitor
1.0.0 Black & White Tegu
1.0.0 Yemen Chameleon
0.0.1 Pacman Frog
0.0.1 African Bull Frog
1.1.0 Black & White Skunks
1.1.0 African Pygmy Hedgehogs
Various Inverts

could be from the meal worms, they turn into black beetles

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In that case it'll probably be a Buffalo beetle because thats what buffalo worms turn into

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aren't the usual mealworms from darkling beetles?

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I think so, this is probably a buffalo beetle though because their larvae are used with rearing the crix apparently, hence why some end up in cricket tubs

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ah ok. Thats one thing i like about only keeping snakes now. The amount of those beetles that managed to get out along with crickets

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EWW yeah, I've seen beetles running around but fortunately no one has yet realised that they're coming in with the crickets Fingers crossed these last two will start munching on these phoenix worms so I can ditch the crix...

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