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If you’re like me and pick up interesting rocks all the time and then like to use them in your terrarium, be careful! After my four asbolus verrucosus inexplicably died, each about 4 weeks after I got them and there was no other possible reason for the deaths, I was ready to consider the rocks...

I am devastated! Since June of this year I have had four Ironclad beetles,  and all of them, after about 4 to 6 weeks started walking in a weird way, then started falling over and eventually we’re  unable to turn back right side up. What am I doing wrong? I have sand from the Mojave Desert, I...

I have posted about my Blue Ironclad  lady before, when I noticed the strange walking. In short, this is now the third today that she is lying on her back, moving her legs. I have tried helping her get up several times but no. She falls right back over.  Backing up: a while ago both she and her...

This lady has me worried. For one, she turned darker. She walks in a very jerky way and falls over a lot. She made these movements yesterday for most of the day as if she was preparing to lay an egg. Finally pushed out two, but it seemed with great effort. Overnight she laid five more eggs. She...

One of my blue ironclad beetles is much darker than the others. What could be the reason for that?

One of my Blue Ironclad Beetles laid two eggs while I was watching. Does anyone know how long it will take for them to hatch?

I just watched my blue ironclad lady deposit two eggs. Does anyone know how long it takes for them to hatch?

Are Darkling beetles known to be aggressive towards each other? Or is this simply a disagreement over right of way?