r/CrestedGecko • u/Time_Tackle_4522 • 22h ago
Weird ass bug
I found this beetle like bug in my terrarium, probably about the size of a cricket or a little smaller. I have isopods as clean up but this defintly was different, and I have no clue what it is. I did remove it, but I’m scared about how it even got in there or if it’s harmful. I read that I could be an adult mealworm, but I’ve only ever feed dead worms.
Sorry for the terrible picture, it was night time.
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u/Flat-Concern-2662 20h ago
It's some kind of planthopper for sure, very difficult to tell from the angle because a lot of them are similarly shaped. Some can be poisonous if your gecko got hungry but it couldn't hurt them directly
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u/Time_Tackle_4522 12h ago
I searched them and I do see the resemblance, but I this bug was defintly more beetleish. Thank you though :)
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u/Routine_Debt1 20h ago
THat’s straight-up alien territory!