Recent content by QuissettHouse

Well, after some trial and error, I managed to get good eggs from the female Goliathus I was having problems with, and in huge numbers! I've got ten grubs available right now, with another dozen or so coming later down the line in about a week (and still more after that!). All are L1, but...

For the past month or so, a female goliath of mine has been laying eggs. I keep her in straight flake soil, so the eggs are easy to spot. She’s laid probably close to twenty and so far only two have grown at all. The rest die without inflating even the tiniest bit, typically within a few days...

I know it's still a smidgen early, but I'd like to get a jump on this if possible. If anyone has Chrysina beyeri, I'm looking to buy quite a few grubs this year. All of mine emerged females out of a half dozen, so I'm looking to make sure I get enough this time to ensure a decent mix of males...

Bit of backstory: I had made two batches of flake soil a while back which just wrapped up recently. One finished up much earlier (it was closer to my radiator), so I combined it with my last bit of BIC flake soil. To stop fermentation, I threw it in the freezer for a bit. Around a week later...

So I recently just started trying my hand at making my own flake soil (that stuff online gets really pricey after a couple rounds of buying), and I followed a recipe from a video to the letter. I made it about two weeks in, and it was smelling good and looking good and everything seemed on...