Is this a baby super?

[RachelRiot]

I bought my bedding from a local reptile store and it looks like he housed his supers in it. (wont be buying it from there again unless these are supers) I was putting the bedding into my breeder boxes for the supers and beetles and notices a ton of these little guys. I counted 30 before I stopped keeping track.

Are they super babies??? If not, any clue of what they are?

 

[sandrachameleon]

No, those are not baby supers

 

[RachelRiot]

Hmmm. Now I am wondering what the heck they are and if I should toss that bedding??? I have about 100 supers in with this bedding right now and I dont want any kind of issue.

Could they be silk worm babies? It seems like they are making silk.

 

[dodolah]

Hmmm. Now I am wondering what the heck they are and if I should toss that bedding??? I have about 100 supers in with this bedding right now and I dont want any kind of issue.

Could they be silk worm babies? It seems like they are making silk.

nope.
not kegos (silkworm babies) either.
There are many caterpillars that make silks.
here is what a kego looked like (they are black and hairy):

could it be red flour bettle's larvae?

I am guessing here...

 

[BocaJan]

They could have just shed. Wait a day or two and see if they start changing to a brown color like a regular super. When they shed they don't have a hard coating but are soft and tender and white. Really great for you!

 

[RachelRiot]

Can my cham eat the red beetle larvae if that is them?

 

[dodolah]

Can my cham eat the red beetle larvae if that is them?

you got me there!
Assuming that it was indeed red flour beetle, my first inclination is that it's edible for reptile. But, i am really guessing here. I would not feed him the larvae, yet. At least until some more experienced members can chime in and confirm.

 

[Lizardlover]

that looks like a waxworm to me..

 

[RachelRiot]

I dont know if you can tell from the picture but it does seem to have little hairs on its back. Theese little worms have me stumped. I hope they are at least something I can feed.

 

[Fortyo]

that looks like a waxworm to me.

 

[RachelRiot]

I thought that too but it is not fat. It is mushy like a wax worm but looks more like a tiny meal worm. I made a seperate bin for these guys and I am going to go ahead and let them live in there and see what they are. It is really driving me nuts not know. There are so many of them though!!!

 

[dodolah]

perhaps, it is a wax worm and the petstore guy just gave you that on accident.

 

[Lizardlover]

i think so, in fact im pretty sure it is, waxworms have little hairs on them like that

 

[sandrachameleon]

It doesnt look like a meal, super, silk or wax to me. Perhaps it is some kind of grain moth larva.
Probably harmless to offer as a feeder.
I would complain to the provider of the bedding if I were you.

 

[RachelRiot]

I plan on it. I am going there tomorrow to pick up pinkies for all my snakes and I am taking 5 or 6 of the worms and letting them know/asking for my money back.

I think it is cool but at the same time I did not pay for bedding that is riddled with bugs.

 

[desultadox]

It looks a lot like a wax worm except maybe more translucent. If it's not a wax worm, I have no idea what it is.

 

[RachelRiot]

Thanks for all the insight. It is much appreciated. Like I said I made an extra box and I am going to go ahead and let these little guys mature. I really hope they are wax worms. My cham will be excited to get some treats.

 

[dondeb562]

It looks like the moth larva that come out of bord eed at the pet stores.....

 

[RachelRiot]

It looks like the moth larva that come out of bord eed at the pet stores.....

What is bord eed? They came in worm bedding that I bought from a local herp store.

 

[Syn]

What is bord eed? They came in worm bedding that I bought from a local herp store.

Maybe they meant bird feed. O_O

Reminds me of waxworms.