Strange Brownish Larve in Cricket Box

[GatorCham11]

I pose this question to see if maybe anyone else has had this in their shipment.
Today I recieve an order of 1,000 crickets. I noticed this evening I found two strange looking worms or larve in with the crickets. I tried to get a picture but it looked a bit too blurry. The larve were a brown/black color with what appeared to be only 6 legs in the front and tiny hairs coming off of them.
I didn't leave them in the box and flushed them down the toilet but I wondered if anyone else had encountered this and what it may be.

Thanks.

 

[KrazyChams1]

I pose this question to see if maybe anyone else has had this in their shipment.
Today I recieve an order of 1,000 crickets. I noticed this evening I found two strange looking worms or larve in with the crickets. I tried to get a picture but it looked a bit too blurry. The larve were a brown/black color with what appeared to be only 6 legs in the front and tiny hairs coming off of them.
I didn't leave them in the box and flushed them down the toilet but I wondered if anyone else had encountered this and what it may be.

Thanks.

Ive had this happen also but never knew what those little hairy worm creatures were

 

[Mikael]

I asked my pet store and I don't know if you can feed them but they are there to eat the dead crickets and the poop (I think)

 

[kinyonga]

Like this?.......
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/beetles/hide_beetle02.jpg

 

[GatorCham11]

It looks very similar to that if its not the same one.

 

[MoHawk84]

Sounds like dermestid larvae possibly. They're frequently used as cleaner bugs because they eat just about anything that's dry and dead.

 

[GatorCham11]

Oh. Interesting. I didn't realise they had such a thing that would come in the boxes. Cool. Guess next time I'll leave them alone. Thanks all.