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Best of luck breeding them, I’ve never been successful but as for the beetles themselves I’ve observed them eating jelly (in addition to lichen) like the other tenebs, and have lived as long as four years in this manner. I wonder if anyone’s tried replicating the rainy/dry cycles with plenty of...

As long as they have enough food they can be kept communally, but this generally reduces adult size. They also don’t lay terribly large amounts of eggs like Cotinis for example, so keeping them separate isn’t impossible. Supplementing their diet with cat/dog/fish food can also help!

Greetings! I think most of the trouble arises with distributing the beetles across states, but it certainly is a very debated topic amongst hobbyists. Most if not all of us here have no license, but it isn’t really a problem as long as we don’t distribute them (?) Again, this is a very obscure...

They are extremely easy to breed, you can even breed them in inadequate substrates as long as it’s moist and you remove the eggs and larvae shortly afterwards.

“Too many” is subjective but they generally become a problem when they start clogging the larva’s spiracles and reducing substrate to inedible miniature particles, hence stunting growth. Seeing a few per inch of substrate I think is fine, and when they are a problem keeping the substrate...

Greetings!

Nice! Does it have the downward mandibles and distinct rear?

Darkling?

Gallegos Zoological had them a few years back, but very hard to get in comparison to larger DH complex species.

Hello! I bred them a few times and they always seem to lay the eggs in small chewed in holes at the base of the cactus. You don’t need a live cactus to rear them, I’ve kept the young larvae and they simply eat off the cactus pieces being used to feed the adults. Good luck!

It sounds like darklings are what you’re looking for! Even though they usually aren’t colorful, they come in all shapes and sizes, some with pretty cool patterns. They are extremely low maintenance and can be kept with other darkling species, and some (like the blue death feigning beetle) can...

I do believe there could be some legit sellers, but even then the trade is so restricted that exports to the U.S. and elsewhere are extremely risky and/or illegal, especially regarding beetles, phasmids and orthopterans.

David’s beetles is a good seller! He ships with care and is quick to respond to emails. I haven’t bought from Jam Jam exotics yet, though.

I’ve bred S. aloeus with finer substrate in the bottom and substrate with rotten leafs and less fine particles in the top. Nevertheless, they aren’t really productive.

Welcome!