Bill Myers
Tenebrio
Okay, this is my experimental D. tityus that I kept at around 60-65 degrees Fahrenheit all throughout her larval an pupal stages.
The only food source I used for her was rotting wood that I collected from the woods near my house.
As you can see, she's a monster!
Total time from a hatchling to an adult was 23 months---which probably would have been a lot longer had I not gotten impatient and decided to open the pupal cell. I could see her progress in the pupal chamber through the bottom of the jar, so I knew where she was at in her development.
After she emerged from her exuvia, I gave her a couple of weeks to harden up a little and then opened up the pupal cell to release her.
Based on this experiment, I'm going to keep about 10 of my D. tityus larvae at the lowered temps of 60 to 65 degrees F, and see if they also grow bigger than the ones kept around 70 to 75 degrees F.
The only food source I used for her was rotting wood that I collected from the woods near my house.
As you can see, she's a monster!
Total time from a hatchling to an adult was 23 months---which probably would have been a lot longer had I not gotten impatient and decided to open the pupal cell. I could see her progress in the pupal chamber through the bottom of the jar, so I knew where she was at in her development.
After she emerged from her exuvia, I gave her a couple of weeks to harden up a little and then opened up the pupal cell to release her.
Based on this experiment, I'm going to keep about 10 of my D. tityus larvae at the lowered temps of 60 to 65 degrees F, and see if they also grow bigger than the ones kept around 70 to 75 degrees F.
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