I have Darkling Beetles everywhere in my backyard and I was wondering if I could collect some and breed them to use their larvae as feeders
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Darkling Beetle Larvae as Feeders
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Froggy
, Jun 15 2020 1:28 PM
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Posted June 15 2020 - 1:28 PM
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Posted June 15 2020 - 1:36 PM
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Pretty sure a darkling beetle is just an adult mealworm so yes, you could probably use the larva as feeders.
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Posted June 15 2020 - 7:11 PM
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Darkling beetles are an entire family of beetles, with over 20,000 described species. So, your beetles are probably related to mealworms, but not mealworms. I’d give it a try, however.
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Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
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Posted June 16 2020 - 1:27 AM
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I feed my colonies every stage of mealworms. The smaller colonies I give a few nearly microscopic mealworms with a few pieces of adult beetles. My large colonies I will give whole beetles too after. I noticed some of my colonies prefer the adult beetles over the worms and pupa and sometimes more then Dubia roaches. My Camponotus Queens seem to lay more eggs after I feed them adult darkling beetles too.
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