Weird caterpillar found in new batch of mealworms what is it?

[alamao]

I bought a new batch of mealworms today and theres this little 1 centimetre long caterpillar in it. its black and is covered in hairs. what could this possibly be?

 

[Mark]

I don't know the species but it'll be a kind of beetle larva. I get them all the time in my cricket tubs. My geckos used to eat them but newts/salamanders are not keen on their defensive hairs which are quite formidable.

Keep them to see what they turn into. My bet is a little black beetle.

 

[caleb]

I'm pretty sure that the ones I get are dermestid beetles:

Dermestidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Possibly Dermestes maculatus:

Dermestes maculatus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Your family won't thank you if they get loose in the house.

 

[alamao]

ahhh i got a little beetle in another batch its like a quarter the size of a darkling beetle right? it was black i wondered what it was. yes i wouldnt feed it to my axies i dont feed anything with hairs to my axies

 

[alamao]

yep its the dermestes maculatus heres a picture of it

http://www.deviantart.com/download/114338394/Dermestes_maculatus_by_Splashie.png

oh and i found a few more and a beetle it turns into aparently they eat flesh off bones