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  1. GemTheBirder

    An Blue Death-Feigning Beetle Just Emerged from Pupation! Success!

    Congrats Rus! Only a few people on the planet can say they've successfully reared blue death-feigners, and you're one of them!
  2. GemTheBirder

    Limits of Mealworms as Feeders?

    Thanks for the replies everyone. My questions have been answered and then some.
  3. GemTheBirder

    Limits of Mealworms as Feeders?

    Thanks @moricollins. I had been assuming tarantulas would eventually need crickets or roaches. Any idea how many mealworms an adult T would need to eat per feeding?
  4. GemTheBirder

    Limits of Mealworms as Feeders?

    Hey all, I've been wondering how far my T. molitar colony will go as feeders. I have several small inverts that do fine on them, but I'm curious to their limits as feeders for larger inverts. Are there any tarantulas or spiders that can live a healthy life on nothing but mealworms? How about...
  5. GemTheBirder

    Platydracus maculosus Feeding Video

    Suppose I shouldn't be trusting Wikipedia. The rove beetle page says they are the largest with 63,000 species and the weevil page says there are 97,000 species of weevil.
  6. GemTheBirder

    Platydracus maculosus Feeding Video

    Glad to see someone else has kept rove beetles. I've found very little info on them, none on keeping them. Surprising considering they are the largest family of beetles on the planet with over 63,000 species and counting. I also read some experts believe less than a quarter of all tropical...
  7. GemTheBirder

    Platydracus maculosus Feeding Video

    The Brown Rove Beetle I've previously posted about took down live prey today for the first time. Pretty entertaining to watch him wrangle the mealworm down and snip it into pieces with his mandibles. Really living up to the genus name "Platydracus", flat dragons! Unfortunately, by the time I got...
  8. GemTheBirder

    Isopods or Millipedes?

    Makes me wonder what other species could hybridize. Super curious about a zebra hybrid!
  9. GemTheBirder

    Stone Centipede?

    Forgot to add size was around 1"- 2".
  10. GemTheBirder

    Stone Centipede?

    Found this centipede today while flipping rocks. Can anyone help with identification? Location is middle TN.
  11. GemTheBirder

    Can I Over Feed My Rove Beetle?

    Thanks for the reply, Basin. I'm guessing a day or two in between feedings would work better than letting it stuff it's face everyday?
  12. GemTheBirder

    Can I Over Feed My Rove Beetle?

    I'm keeping a Brown Rove Beetle (Platydracus maculosus) and am wondering if I can over feed it. Since it has settled into it's enclosure I have been leaving 2-4 prekilled mealworms near its burrow most nights. They are always gone the next day so I assume he's munching them up. Does anyone know...
  13. GemTheBirder

    Isopods or Millipedes?

    What's the story on the klugii x versicolor hybrids? Just an escapee that wound up in the wrong (right?) tub?
  14. GemTheBirder

    Brown Rove Beetles?

    I found what I think is a Brown Rove Beetle (Platydracus maculosus) today, stuck in a shoebox i left outside. Does anyone have experience with them? Are they a "keep-able" species? I don't want to keep it if it's a guaranteed death sentence. Bugguide says it's a scavenger so I assume fish...
  15. GemTheBirder

    Best US invertebrate vendors?

    I agree with everything mentioned above and would add that the "For Sale" section of this website is great. Besides a few things from Bugs In Cyberspace and Captive Isopoda, every invert I've purchased has been through the Arachnoboard classifieds.
  16. GemTheBirder

    Vonones sp. Questions + BABIES!

    The same thing as the adults, I suppose. I have micro pellets for fish and I also feed them chopped mealworms. I assume they can feed on both. Congrats on the offspring! :D
  17. GemTheBirder

    Vonones sp. Questions + BABIES!

    Sorry to keep posting on my own thread, but I found the answer to this question. It seems all Opiliones lay eggs, at least according to Wikipedia.
  18. GemTheBirder

    Do blue death feigning beetles need calcium food supplements?

    No expert here, but I've kept a desert beetle tank for a few years now. No calcium supplement neccessary. You could keep a small piece of cuttlebone in it's enclosure to see if there is any interest, but it is not necessary. Hope you enjoy your desert beetle(s)! They're really great to keep...
  19. GemTheBirder

    Vonones sp. Questions + BABIES!

    One more question... does anyone know anything about the way these guys reproduce? Egg sac?
  20. GemTheBirder

    Vonones sp. Questions + BABIES!

    Thanks. I'm currently doing tiny fish pellets and prekilled mealworms. I only ask out of curiosity. They seem so slow and harmless... it's hard to imagine them taking down much!:)
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