Kevinswither Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 I gotten interested in keeping african and Egyptian dung beetles. Are they easy to care for? What setup is it? Where can I find some? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetle-Experience Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 Hey Kevin, You'd be lucky if you found anyone state-side that could sneak any in. USDA is worried about spreading hoof-and-mouth, so they would have to come from a breeder outside of Africa where you would buy captive bred ones. If I remember correctly, I THINK South America was ok to import D.B.s from (would have to look it up again), and there are some really cool ones there - but you would need to find someone to collect them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinswither Posted March 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 Hey Kevin, You'd be lucky if you found anyone state-side that could sneak any in. USDA is worried about spreading hoof-and-mouth, so they would have to come from a breeder outside of Africa where you would buy captive bred ones. If I remember correctly, I THINK South America was ok to import D.B.s from (would have to look it up again), and there are some really cool ones there - but you would need to find someone to collect them. I am open to natives but I do like those ones too. Anyways looking up FMD I don't see any documents stating that FMD is correlated with dung beetles, I could be wrong and the only thing that could be a source would be FMD be in poop which is a food source for the larvae of dung beetles. Hmmm shouldn't the USDA release research papers saying this, where could I find a few papers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetle-Experience Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 Yeah, I'm not sure why. I called and spoke to the head of the USDA Veterinary Services office quite a few times about this, but we are currently not able to import dung beetles from any country that has FMD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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