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Dermestes lardarius Starter Colony


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#1 Offline dermy - Posted May 31 2014 - 12:05 PM

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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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#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted June 1 2014 - 7:28 AM

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Nice. Do you have some skeletons to clean off? :D



#3 Offline dermy - Posted June 1 2014 - 10:39 AM

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

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


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#4 Offline dermy - Posted June 4 2014 - 1:31 PM

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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.



#5 Offline Crystals - Posted June 4 2014 - 2:37 PM

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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).


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#6 Offline dermy - Posted June 5 2014 - 1:42 PM

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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!



#7 Offline dermy - Posted June 7 2014 - 8:57 AM

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






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