Breeding derbys flower beetles

What would you like to know about breeding them? As far as I'm aware they are quite easy: leave the male and female together until they mate (you can separate them after that), make sure she has a good 6-8 inches of substrate to lay eggs in (flake soil, rotting leaf mulch, or a mix of both), keep them around 75 degrees F and substrate damp enough that you can squeeze it and form a ball, but not sopping wet.
 
Bugboy3092 said:
What would you like to know about breeding them? As far as I'm aware they are quite easy: leave the male and female together until they mate (you can separate them after that), make sure she has a good 6-8 inches of substrate to lay eggs in (flake soil, rotting leaf mulch, or a mix of both), keep them around 75 degrees F and substrate damp enough that you can squeeze it and form a ball, but not sopping wet.
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Thank you very much. After I take the male out how long should I leave the female in the breeding box before I dig up the eggs hopefully grubs? I buried a chunk of white rot wood in the flake soil about 3/4 submerged. Is that ok?
 
The wood chunk is unnecessary but I'm sure the larvae will eat on it. You could leave it entirely exposed on the surface for them to grab onto if they fall on their backs. I would disturb the substrate probably no more than once every other week, unless you want to check it after a week to make sure she is actually laying eggs.
 
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.
 
Eduardo said:
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.
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If I moved the pair of adults to another breeding container can I leave the eggs and larva in the original container communally to grow?
 
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!
 
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