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[dermy]

I got this colony from a few Larder beetles I found around my home. I started with 4 females and 1 male. Now it has about 10-15 new larvae and more are hatching each week.

 

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Edited by dermy, May 31 2014 - 12:07 PM.

[dspdrew]

Nice. Do you have some skeletons to clean off?

[dermy]

I wish, the colony is too small and my mom would kill me

But yeah that's what Dermestid beetles are commonly used for.

Edited by dermy, June 1 2014 - 10:39 AM.

[dermy]

I fed the colony with some meat and wow did they do good, larvae have doubled in size since last post, I will get another pic up if anyone wants to see the larvae.

[Crystals]

Any high protein food should do well, pet foods being one of the more common.  Look for the dog and cat foods that use meat as a primary ingredient (as opposed to using corn as the protein).

[dermy]

I have heard bad things from pet food[mites and stuff] and plus the meat is working wonders, thought it would smell but it doesn't they love hotdogs!

[dermy]

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Check here for more photo updates as I can't post them on the forum [too big].