So, a few weeks ago, I was grocery shopping, and found an apple with a really really soft rotten spot on it. I figured I'd buy it and feed the spot to my Dynastes tityus larvae. So I cut it off the apple and dug it under the substrate. A few weeks later, it seems the apple skin was all that remained. I went shopping again today, bought some apples with lots of soft spots on them, and fed the brownest parts to the larvae, leaving it on the surface so I didn't disturb the larvae I saw burrowing along the wall. Seems like a cheap method of supplementing larvae, but I haven't seen it mentioned on this site even after a quick search...I have heard of other people feeding their larvae rotting apple elsewhere though. Anyone else try this?
Observations on feeding rotting apple to D. tityus larvae
- Thread starter GiantVinegaroon
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Pretty sure calcium doesn't play a role in the insect exoskeleton. It's generally accepted that protein supplementation helps in larger beetles/horns. The source that mentions feeding rotten apples thinks it may also contribute to large animals.
Link:
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/beetles/hercules/rearing/rearing.htm#breed
Negative. They have been making chamber like structures and sitting in corners of the tank for a few days...so i thought it might be the season to be molting. I was checking on them and pulled the last apple I fed....was hard to tell if what i saw underneath was tunnels from coming to the surface to eat or not...tert100 said: