Strange Caterpillar Things

[saximus]

I was cleaning out my tristis enclosure and when I sifted the sand I found a few of these little guys. I was wondering if anyone knows what they are or where they could have come from? The enclosure is inside in the lounge room so I can only think they might have come in with the crickets??
PS Sorry about the photo quality. I'm a pretty terrible photographer

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

They are the larvae of a type of moth, they might have been in some foliage or wood in your enclosure.
Or maybe in the sand.

 

[Eddie2257]

i sometimes get them in cricket boxes

 

[Chris1]

i always get them in my woody orders, they eat the dead woodies and stop them from getting stanky and dying,...then they turn into beetles, lay eggs and the cycle continues,..keep them, theyre great!!

 

[saximus]

Haha ok thanks guys. Differing opinions between Baz and Chris though .
Good to hear others have found them though. It means I don't have to worry as much

 

[Radar]

The are a type of weevil larvae Im pretty sure. They do indeed come in with the crickets, they eat the dead ones. The ones I get turn into beetles, though there are probably very similar looking ones that turn into moths.

 

[Em1986]

I see them in the (a popular brand of live food and plants) cricket and woodie tubs. But have never seen them in other brands of live food tubs.
Good to know they aren't bad or at least too bad?

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

How many legs do they have?
If they have six, then they would be a beatle/ weavil larvae, but if it has many legs that would make it a moth larvae.

 

[cid_python]

Im pretty sure they are spit fires I always see them around and they sometimes sting you if you piss them off and they sometimes leave black marks on the ground