My Beetles
- Thread starter dcheath
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What is the best way to set up the Eleodes? At the moment I just have him in a deli cup with coconut coir.
jreidsma
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Everyone seems to have a different way of doing it, but I will tell you how I do it as it works for me.
I use 6 quart Sterilite containers (the little shoe box like ones, they are about 13 and 3/8 inches by 8 and 1/4 inches by 4 7/8 inches. I have fourteen beetles in there living happily and healthy.
For substrate I mix coconut coir and sand. About 50-50 if I am remembering correctly.
I feed them assorted fruits and dry foods. Carrots, apples, peaches, figs, raisins, hermit crab food, fish food, cat food, oats, cricket food, pretty much anything you can think of.
If you are expecting babies, then make sure to submerge a carrot in the substrate. Because if my substrate mix has a fault, it is that it has no value for the larva. I pull the larva and put them into their own little containers when I see them though and feed them the dry foods and carrots I give the adults.
Hope that helped somewhat
I use 6 quart Sterilite containers (the little shoe box like ones, they are about 13 and 3/8 inches by 8 and 1/4 inches by 4 7/8 inches. I have fourteen beetles in there living happily and healthy.
For substrate I mix coconut coir and sand. About 50-50 if I am remembering correctly.
I feed them assorted fruits and dry foods. Carrots, apples, peaches, figs, raisins, hermit crab food, fish food, cat food, oats, cricket food, pretty much anything you can think of.
If you are expecting babies, then make sure to submerge a carrot in the substrate. Because if my substrate mix has a fault, it is that it has no value for the larva. I pull the larva and put them into their own little containers when I see them though and feed them the dry foods and carrots I give the adults.
Hope that helped somewhat
Cool, thanks! What about temps.? I gave him some of the mixed greens and carrots today, that I give my baby tortoises, but I haven't seen him eat.Everyone seems to have a different way of doing it, but I will tell you how I do it as it works for me.
I use 6 quart Sterilite containers (the little shoe box like ones, they are about 13 and 3/8 inches by 8 and 1/4 inches by 4 7/8 inches. I have fourteen beetles in there living happily and healthy.
For substrate I mix coconut coir and sand. About 50-50 if I am remembering correctly.
I feed them assorted fruits and dry foods. Carrots, apples, peaches, figs, raisins, hermit crab food, fish food, cat food, oats, cricket food, pretty much anything you can think of.
If you are expecting babies, then make sure to submerge a carrot in the substrate. Because if my substrate mix has a fault, it is that it has no value for the larva. I pull the larva and put them into their own little containers when I see them though and feed them the dry foods and carrots I give the adults.
Hope that helped somewhat
I caught them in Georgetown. In fact I caught another pair today.The Eleodes is Eleodes goryi!I recognize it from trying to figure out what my little darkling was.
Inle
Pupa
This beetle eludes me and yet it seems to be all over the place. Oh well, tomorrow is another day!
If you want more, I'll keep an eye out. Let me know.This beetle eludes me and yet it seems to be all over the place. Oh well, tomorrow is another day!