Darkling beetle breeders

[axlopez]

No but some larvae eat their parents if the parents are dying or dead.

I raise Blue-Death feigning beetles

 

[Uwang]

I raise Blue-Death feigning beetles

I just acquired 4 any tips on raising them?

 

[What]

Any suggestions on how to keep these little beetles? They are from the Algodones Dunes in SE California, USA. They measure 8-13mm.

Edrotes sp., If you havent IDed them yet. No idea how to keep them long term/breed them, my adults lived about 3 mo on rolled oats, dog food, and veggies.

I have had breeding groups of Eleodes osculans and E. acuticauda in the past... very simple, peat/coco bedding 2-3" deep, eggcrate on top of surface, feed. Right now I have a 20gal long display tank with a group of 8 E. osculans, 1 pair of E. acuticauda, and about 5 Nyctoporis carinata (plus some other SoCal fauna, but those are relevant here). I have seen larvae of various kinds along the glass of the enclosure so I guess they are breeding.

The most interesting behavior I see in the tank is the N. carinata cleaning the larger beetles, or at least it appears they are doing that at times...

Now I just need to find some Microschatia inaequalis, they have been found in the canyon very near to my house.

 

[Philibugman]

Any darkling beetle breeders out there?

Orin, I breed the common Zophogas morio and Tenebrio molitor, and have done so for some years as feed for invertebrates. Now I am trying to breed Eloedes longicollis for display purposes only.

I bought The Complete Guide to Rearing Darkling Beetles nice work.

Does the picture on page 20, ilustrating different darkling beetles lavae, shows how much they grow

before pupating? I need to know if E longicollis larvae get as big as Z morio before prepupal stage.

Thank you.