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Insects found in Curly Hair enclosure after molting

Azazel Curly

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Hello, I am relatively new to tarantula keeping. Recently my Curly hair retreated into its cave and molted. I checked today and removed the molt. I found these two insects? in the cavern. The little mite-looking insect was already dead, but the larvae-looking thing is still alive. can anyone identify this thing that I found? Is it harmful and or do I need to put it back in the enclosure? Thank you in advance. Any advice is welcomed to this newcomer!
 

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Leepbby

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Hello, I am relatively new to tarantula keeping. Recently my Curly hair retreated into its cave and molted. I checked today and removed the molt. I found these two insects? in the cavern. The little mite-looking insect was already dead, but the larvae-looking thing is still alive. can anyone identify this thing that I found? Is it harmful and or do I need to put it back in the enclosure? Thank you in advance. Any advice is welcomed to this newcomer!
Picture 1 and 3 are the molt of the mealworm/superworm. Which ever feeder you had given your T, it appears that it did not eat it and it pupated into the stage just before it turns into a beetle. Best to just take them out.
 

m0lsx

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Always behead mealworms etc before putting them in, as they bury themselves & the beetles can be a problem during a T's molt, as T's are very vulnerable then. A beheaded mealworm will normally still be able to move 24 hours after it has lost it's head, so it still offers something close to live food.
 
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