Worms in the cricket box

[x_raphael_xx]

Hi all,
Cleaning out the cricket keeper and I’ve found some worms/maggots in the substrate.
There is also an errant beetle that might have slipped in the box in the pet shop.
Please correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think crickets have a worm stage? They go straight from egg to tiny crickets.
Could these be the beetles larvae? Or am I wrong and the crickets have been breeding?
Sorry the beetle isn’t clear, he was covered in dust.

 

[NorseDad]

Do you have any issues with flies? I know that flies can hijack the store bought crickets and lay eggs with the corpses.

 

[x_raphael_xx]

Do you have any issues with flies? I know that flies can hijack the store bought crickets and lay eggs with the corpses.

Not really, just a couple of tiny ones hanging around the T enclosures.

I assume a beetle had crawled in from the shop and laid a bunch of eggs.

I've stuck all the bran in a bag in the freezer to kill them all before I bin them. I'm not interested enough to grow them on