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https://www.instagram.com/p/B0H_6KJBp9e/?igshid=16u777a727ign @All About Arthropods has been giving them just normal isopod food, apparently. I am under the impression that they are one of the relatively unspecialized scavenging myrmecophiles, just like Compsodes (which can and has been kept...

hm, interesting (good luck rearing) Unfortunately I cannot see the white stuff's morphology very well.

...when you talk of strange Tenebrionidae while half-asleep, and wake up wondering why the ones you caught have suddenly "vanished"

...use of extrapolation here was in a limited sense. Since at least six non-muscorum neanurids in different tribes are reported to thrive on myxo slime, and we do not know if the thread creator's species will do well in a setup with just bark/yeast/algae or needs slime, I guess offering them...

I was not attempting sarcasm or trying to refute all your claims. Never mind the yeast part, I freely admit to having failed to check the references mentioning standard yeast/bark protocol for the presence of yeast; I will say that the

At the risk of making this thread start to look even more like one of those infamous silly Arachnoboards wars, - the muscorum second generation was smaller than the first; the authors did speculate that this might be caused either by a pure slime diet being nutritionally suboptimal or by...

I was not attempting to make a bold statement; it is speculation (the word "may" is used as "perhaps" here). In any case, at least we can agree that standard largely yeast-based collembolan rearing methods are insufficient for culture of a considerable number of common neanurids, not including...

I don't see why not (hens are often given powdered eggshell after all)

I'm not sure "needs" is true, since presumably they could ingest other sources of proteinaceous sludge; however, myxo slimes are clearly extremely beneficial to them. Do be careful w yeast though. Since the paper says they cannot digest fungal cell walls (note: any website claiming slimes are...

Neanurids appear to be myxomycete specialists; see https://www.nature.com/articles/srep11957. Physarum polycephalum, the myxo used in the paper, is a popular laboratory model organism and thus often sold commercially by biosupply companies. @wizentrop Just curious, did your Holacanthella...

Many isopods are synanthropes and can reach astounding population densities in certain habitats, so lack of money should not be an issue =)

Yes, but also Eleodes too. Hisserdude also said that Embaphion was quite active too

Why the sad face?

https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Guide-Breeding-Beetles-Coleoptera/dp/1616461322

Some people use moist-type dogfood so I doubt the apple needs to be dry. Do you have Orin McMonigle's beetle book? Good tips inside

http://arachnoboards.com/threads/inducing-bdfb-to-pupate.280289/

Unlike Tenebrio, Asbolus larvae cannot survive exclusively on grain and occasional vegetables. There was a successful breeding attempt somewhere on the forum though

seems fine, but do provide dry areas to aid self-regulation. Most carabids will happily eat plant matter too. Fruits, soggy fishfood, and some grains/vegs are accepted

And a few more things Freezing may be useless for Tenebrio; it is a temperate sp and probably immune. Some reputable groups report that freezing is a poor idea for killing non-ice-tolerant insects (arthropods might be conscious) as well, so I wouldn't risk it. Getting eaten by a vertebrate is...

(gasp) 6. The styrofoam eating isn't a myth. I eat technical research papers for lunch, and these are much more trustable than plain English websites. 7. On the "darklings are fun to watch": This stems from McMonigle's book above. The book makes it seem like he is talking about all darklings...