G. Caseyi, 3L death?

I have five G. caseyi larvae that I got about a month and a half back. They've all been healthy and every two weeks I check in on them to be sure they're all alive. Well yesterday I noticed one wasnt moving very much. I woke up today and found it was almost entirely dead, barely any twitching. It's got me worried about what could happen to my others. What do you guys think happened to it? I haven't sprayed any chemicals or used any air fresheners, temp has been around 75 all the time, and I make sure the soil is kept pretty moist. Do you think this could be a disease, and if so could it spread to my others?

 
Are they all housed together? Post pictures of the container if you can.

 
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Here's what I keep them in, just a plain kritter keeper. The soil is much more moist than it appears
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It's still barely moving but just sitting on top of the soil. What do you think could have been wrong?

 
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I would separate all of the larvae by putting them in larger sized deli cups with new substrate.

 
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Here's what I keep them in, just a plain kritter keeper. The soil is much more moist than it appears
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It's still barely moving but just sitting on top of the soil. What do you think could have been wrong?
That substrate looks pretty shallow BTW, would add another couple inches worth of substrate.

 
That substrate looks pretty shallow BTW, would add another couple inches worth of substrate.
I did, don't worry. And for some reason the nearly dead one started kicking around again and is still alive, but it's definitely not as active as the others. I'm keeping it seperate for now.

 
I did, don't worry. And for some reason the nearly dead one started kicking around again and is still alive, but it's definitely not as active as the others. I'm keeping it seperate for now.
OK, good! Glad to hear that one larvae is looking better now, hope it fully recovers soon!
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