Small worms with dubia roaches? Buffalo beetle life cycle?

[frabjousday]

Hi, all! I have a handful of Buffalo beetles with my dubia roaches and noticed these teeny, tiny worms today roaming around. I can't for the life of me find photos of what the actual life cycle is for these buffalo beetles bc I'm hoping these worms are just a result of the beetles getting busy. I found a thread on here (from 2019) that looked like it had similar worms in the roach colony, I just hope these aren't BAD invaders (https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/small-black-worms-found-in-cockroach-container.170710/) . Thank you for any help ID'ing these..

 

[frabjousday]

Hi, all! I have a handful of Buffalo beetles with my dubia roaches and noticed these teeny, tiny worms today roaming around. I can't for the life of me find photos of what the actual life cycle is for these buffalo beetles bc I'm hoping these worms are just a result of the beetles getting busy. I found a thread on here (from 2019) that looked like it had similar worms in the roach colony, I just hope these aren't BAD invaders (https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/small-black-worms-found-in-cockroach-container.170710/) . Thank you for any help ID'ing these..

 

[Beman]

hmmmm I dunno they do not look like the ones I sometimes get with my crickets or dubia... I just googled it but these are what mine look like. Not white like those.

@jamest0o0 what do you think they are?

 

[jamest0o0]

Wonder if it's some sort of moth larvae or a freshly molted. Need more pics

 

[frabjousday]

Wonder if it's some sort of moth larvae or a freshly molted. Need more pics

 

[jamest0o0]

Oh yeah looks like some kind of lesser darkling beetle(basically small mealworms)

 

[frabjousday]

Oh yeah looks like some kind of lesser darkling beetle(basically small mealworms)

Yeah, I only keep the Buffalo beetles with my roaches and noticed them today. Thank you

 

[Beman]

Oh yeah looks like some kind of lesser darkling beetle(basically small mealworms)

Thank you oh great Bug Lord!!!

 

[JuniorC]

Thank you oh great Bug Lord!!!

So funny anytime anyone posts something about bugs I basically wait around for @jamest0o0 to reply because then I know they're facts

 

[Beman]

So funny anytime anyone posts something about bugs I basically wait around for @jamest0o0 to reply because then I know they're facts

It is a game for me when I see these posts... I make my best guess if I can and then I bring in the great bug lord to unload his wisdom on the masses.