Blue death feigning beetle feeding questions.

[Anonymity82]

I never mist but I do pour some water in one corner and usually have some water crystals that I've seen the blacks nibbling on sometimes. My remaining robo is really starting to act like an old lady so I may have to make this move soon for them. The beetles will get the ten gallon but I need to get a sand mixture going. I'll likely buy more beetles too since 6 beetles in a ten gallon is a bit empty.

 

[Smokehound714]

Unlike asbolus verrucosus, Cryptoglossa variolosa (the 'blacks') are easy to rear to adulthood.



...That is if you can tolerate waiting 3-4 years for their larvae to mature. Asbolus probably take even longer.

 

[Anonymity82]

Unlike asbolus verrucosus, Cryptoglossa variolosa (the 'blacks') are easy to rear to adulthood.



...That is if you can tolerate waiting 3-4 years for their larvae to mature. Asbolus probably take even longer.

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Which is something I cannot do lol. Maybe once I put them in the ten gallon and pick up a few more of each. I'm not even sure if the two blacks I have are opposite sex. I know there's at least one male for the blues.

 

[Tenevanica]

Unlike asbolus verrucosus, Cryptoglossa variolosa (the 'blacks') are easy to rear to adulthood.



...That is if you can tolerate waiting 3-4 years for their larvae to mature. Asbolus probably take even longer.

Has anyone ever gotten C. variolosa to adulthood? I know that the blue death feigners have never been brought to adulthood. I have gotten the occasional larva and see the beetles breeding all the time, but I have never gotten the larva to survive. No one has.

 

[Moonsister]

I have blue death-feigning beetles. I keep them on a bed of bran, which gives them a constant food source and is a dry substrate, similar to sand. My beetles get their moisture from the other foods that I give them - pieces of fruit (apple, orange, cantaloup rind, watermelon rind), and dry dog food that has been soaked in water. Give them something to climb on like wood pieces, bark or branches, as they are very active on my wood pieces.

 

[Moonsister]

Could I ask what kind of bran you keep them on?

 

[SlothGuy29]

I use dog food, oranges, spinach and banana