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I have ants crawling and breeding in my Pachnoda peregrina tank. How do I get rid of them without hurting the beetles or larve? Is it more than a change of substrate? I have also heard putting packing tape, slippery side up on the tank keeps them out, any advice?

I am raising Pachnoda marginata AKA Taxicab or Sun beetles and was wondering how to keep them breeding. I am keeping them in a 10 gallon terrarium with about 8 inchces of compost substrate and feeding them dead leaves and a honey/banana mash with fish flakes. I read about keeping other Flower...