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Hello,

I'm new with insects, but I'll learn fast. I have a thriving colony of Lobsters in a 20 gallon tank.

Today I moved a piece of cardboard that was laying on the glass directly under the heater. I didn't measure it, but it had to be at least 110-120 under there. Under the cardboard was a colony of Little multi-legged tiny, half-inch long, not worms, more like tiny centipedes. I have to doubt they are not the Lobster Roach's first larval stage. I scooped and vacuumed them out. Are they harmful? Some kind of parasite? Or just commensul, a harmless case of non-parasitic living together or benefitting each other? Would the adult Lobsters eat them if they could? This is very interesting.(Didn't I spell Benefitting correctly?)

TIA, everybody!

Okay,

I think what you might have is Woolly worms, a larval form of the Woolly beetle. I get them sometimes and so do some other people I know of that raise roaches, lobsters included.

I didn't see any pics here but in the future this might help:

www.whatsthatbug.com

I couldn't get this sight to load but it may help ( these insects are also called Woolly bears)

http://www.allaboutworms.com/category/garden-worms/wooly-worms

Good luck, hope I was of some help,

TheVermanLady P.S. I think that they're harmless.