Bdfb question

[spooderman123]

Apologies if this is sort of a dumb question, but I am wanting to get into bdfbs and I was wondering if you could get groups of one gender so they don't breed because I know it is hard to raise them up and so I think most people have to kill the babies, so if you get a group of only females or something then you wouldnt have that problem, right? Again, sorry if the question was kind of obvious, I just dont want to assume something when it comes to this especially because I am a beginner to keeping inverts and its easy for me to get something wrong. Thanks!

 

[mady long legs]

I've kept bdfbs for about 2 years now, and I've never had any babies. Now they go crazy lol, they might lay eggs somewhere but they dry out. I've never found any larvae (would love if I did). Bdfbs are so hard to breed that most of them in the hobby are WC. I personally wouldn't worry about it and just mix them in. If you really only want one gender, I'd check out this thread on sexing them: https://arachnoboards.com/threads/sexing-blue-death-feigning-beetles.298328/

Either way, they are super cool and a fun addition

 

[TheraMygale]

Inducing BDFB to pupate

I have had a lot of people ask me about getting blue death feigning beetles to adulthood in captivity. I also see a number of conflicting posts here in the forums about the subject. For anybody interested, it IS possible and takes less than a year. This video shows what you can achieve with...

arachnoboards.com

This beetle plays dead better than a possum

The Cincinnati Zoo is the first institution on record to take the blue feigning-death beetle from egg to larvae to adulthood.

www.wcpo.com

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