hey guys

I received my roach colony yesterday and these worms were with them. The guy I got them from said that they are called mini meal worms, and the beetles came with when he imported the roaches.

Now I have googled but cant find them under mini mealworms. Does anyone else know what they are?

They also have 6 legs in the front like the normal mealworm but they are very active and walk around alot.

They look like caterpillars but are definetly Beetle Larvae of some sort. In my opinion they should be destroyed as they might be harmful pests and since they came with the roaches when imported they could be a whole new species to come into SA so should either be put in a separate container or destroyed.

See what they turn into that should help you to get an idea.
What species of roaches did you get?

But they do have a name the guys use them as cleaner type bug just can't remember what they are called(that's if I'm not mistaken)
Try wevil(spelling)

I found the same worms with my Blaptica dubia (orange spotted roaches) and killed them, i don't want any insect i'm unsure of in my T collection!

That is utter crap. Mini-mealworms are a genetically modified variation of the standard mealworm... they are currently only for sale in the US and Europe as far as I know. This is a beetle or possibly moth larva... get rid of as many as you can.

not great pics but here are what the beetles look like