what is this bug?

[Renagade]

i found 3 of these today in my gecko enclosure, substrait is sand. i mist every few daze. any clues? are they dangerous? my gecko may have eaten some i guess
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[Pythonking]

looks like a tick to me not sure though

 

[channi]

Do you feed crickets? In the cricket containers are tiny worms to eat the cricket poo. This could be the advanced stage of that insect. It is not a tick, looks like a kind of weevle

 

[AUSGECKO]

It looks like a tick to me also

 

[Renagade]

i do feed her crix, i also feed her pantry moths and weevels in larve form. does look a bit like tick hey?

 

[trogdor1988]

Not a tick, but i cant tell what it actually is, would need some macro shots. Either way take them out and release them or kill them. I wouldnt risk leaving them in there and id search the substrate and the rest of there enclosure. I recently had bugs in with my geck, turned out a cricket had laid eggs and it was filled with pinhead crickets lol. Went to the baby trapdoors for food so everyone turned out happy.

 

[Renagade]

bump

 

[channi]

I think you answered your own question, if you feed her weevels in the larval form then this is one that got away. http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_weevils/index.html

 

[Renagade]

thanks guys, great site channi, i hope she eats them.

 

[geckoman1985]

its a stink bug i think looks tasty

 

[Renagade]

its a stink bug i think looks tasty

i think stink bugs have a flatter body. i know they are pretty junk pics, but this bug had a body like a droplett of sap. all round and shiny

 

[Serpentor]

If you're ever worried that something might be a tick, simply count the number of legs. They are arachnids after all.

 

[Lozza]

Its not a tick - looks like it could be a baby beetle of some description??? Hard to tell from the pic...