I found this in my meal worms. What is it?

[Aquaticcreature]

I found a beetle in my meal worms and it seems way to small to be a darkling beetle. is it just a really small darkling or something I should be worried about? This batch of worms was from the store and went into a brand new culture. So it wont cost me a lot if I have to toss it.

 

[Gongylus]

It looks like an adult mealworm beetle. I wouldn't be too worried.

 

[Aquaticcreature]

It looks like an adult mealworm beetle. I wouldn't be too worried.

I have seen a lot of meal worm beetles but never one this small. When I dumped it out I thought it was a bean beetle at first.

 

[Gongylus]

It is quite small now that I look at it.  Either way, I still wouldn't worry too much.

 

[mantisfan101]

Dermestid beetle maybe? They eat dead insects and are quite common with feeder crickets.

 

[Sticky]

Its a mini mealworm.

 

[Cloud the Dinosaur King]

It looks to be a member of the Carabidae family, the ground beetles. I have several different species where I live, and they all look pretty similar, besides size. Some are the smallest beetles I have ever seen, a quarter of the size of this guy. This looks like one of the larger species.