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[Gregory2455]

Wait what are those?

[Crystals]

Wait what are those?

Mutated scarab beetles that will devour your flesh. 

 

No, truthfully, they are a dermestid beetle whose larvae are known to consume rotting flesh.  Sometimes called larder beetles.  You probably have seen them around your house before munching on flour, rice, or pet food.

[Gregory2455]

Ah... that's petty cool.

[dermy]

He he, how are yours doing? [if you still have them??]

I found a few more beetles in my little brothers room, should look deeper in there, scared of what I might find!

[Crystals]

Mine aren't doing much, the species I have seems to grow slowly.

Haven't looked at them much either, just stuck them and a bunch of cat food in a sandwich container and deposited them with my ant colonies in the heated fridge.

[dermy]

What's the point of a heated fridge, the milk would taste disgusting.

Unless it's like an incubator type thing.

 

I thought we had the same type, maybe mine grew so fast because I fed them meat some days, not often but I have fed them the odd hotdog. I also water mine every 3 days. I have moved them into a much bigger container and got this shot of one flying:

[dermy]

I don't know what happened but my Larder beetle colony just isn't doing well, only 30 Adults left, no larvae and at one point I was at 150+. At least I still have my Attagenus unicolor colony, which if anyone is interested in hearing about I can start a journal for them, since ant season is winding down here.

[dermy]

The Attagenus unicolor colony is doing okay, not great or over-populating the earth like I wanted, but doing better then the lardarius.

[Gregory2455]

I should find one of these things...

[dermy]

You should they are really fun once they get going, they are also good ant food [the larvae and pupae anyway, beetles don't have enough anything to them to really be good feeders.]

[AntsAreUs]

Where can I get some of these? Will Petsmart give them away? I found one of those beetles when buying from Petsmart.

[Gregory2455]

You can find them under rugs and stuff up north I think, that's why they are called carpet beetles.

[Myrmicinae]

You can buy quite a few beetle species from this website.  

http://www.roachcrossing.com/

 

I have ordered insects from them in the past and have had good experiences.

[dermy]

ha ha up North, that's not the only place to find them

 

If you look in your home for them I recommend looking in older rooms that haven't been checked in awhile. They like to hide in the dark areas so a flash-light helps. They look like little wormy things [that's the best describtion I have]

[AntsAreUs]

They don't live in my house. 

[dermy]

Why not, have you at least checked. apparently about 90% of homes are supposed to have them. They are very common.

 

 

and why is my name still dermadude wtf?

[AntsAreUs]

Why not, have you at least checked. apparently about 90% of homes are supposed to have them. They are very common.

 

 

and why is my name still dermadude wtf?

I don't have carpet and I am always looking everywhere because I like to see what I can find.

[dermy]

Hmm okay, do you have any rooms that aren't used often? Do you have friends that have carpets? [that would be weird though, hey man I'm here to check your carpets for carpet beetles.... you'll have so many friends after that ]

[AntsAreUs]

Hmm okay, do you have any rooms that aren't used often? Do you have friends that have carpets? [that would be weird though, hey man I'm here to check your carpets for carpet beetles.... you'll have so many friends after that ]

I wish I still had my colony.

[dermy]

I wish you did too!

 

Maybe you'll get some more? You can ask at the pet store but I'm not 100% sure they will just give them away or if they have a stock of them.

 

Online stores sell them as "cleaner crews"