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Dermys Season 2014/2015


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#21 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted July 28 2014 - 1:54 PM

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Wait what are those?



#22 Offline Crystals - Posted July 28 2014 - 2:12 PM

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Wait what are those?

Mutated scarab beetles that will devour your flesh.  :D

 

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.


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#23 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted July 28 2014 - 3:00 PM

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Ah... that's petty cool.



#24 Offline dermy - Posted July 29 2014 - 10:22 AM

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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! :o



#25 Offline Crystals - Posted July 29 2014 - 12:11 PM

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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.


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#26 Offline dermy - Posted July 29 2014 - 12:54 PM

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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:

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#27 Offline dermy - Posted October 15 2014 - 7:24 AM

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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.



#28 Offline dermy - Posted October 24 2014 - 11:36 AM

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



#29 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 24 2014 - 12:02 PM

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I should find one of these things...



#30 Offline dermy - Posted October 24 2014 - 12:31 PM

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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.]



#31 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted October 24 2014 - 3:52 PM

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



#32 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 24 2014 - 3:58 PM

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



#33 Offline Myrmicinae - Posted October 24 2014 - 4:54 PM

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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.


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#34 Offline dermy - Posted October 24 2014 - 5:04 PM

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

 

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]



#35 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted October 25 2014 - 6:08 AM

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They don't live in my house.  :P



#36 Offline dermy - Posted October 25 2014 - 9:54 AM

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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?



#37 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted October 25 2014 - 10:03 AM

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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.



#38 Offline dermy - Posted October 25 2014 - 10:07 AM

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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 :D ]



#39 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted October 25 2014 - 12:23 PM

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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 :D ]

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I wish I still had my colony.



#40 Offline dermy - Posted October 25 2014 - 5:34 PM

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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"






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