Matts inverts
Arachnoangel
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I was wondering if it was possible to breed them. I know the males can fly so I was wondering how dangerous it would be. Sorry if this question is silly, I’m new to keeping insects
If you are substituting Beatles then may I suggest Yoko. Please feed Yoko to them...An old post said the larvae are parasites, is that true and can I substitute bees for Beatles or another insect
The more you type Beatles the harder my brain wants to hate your music. But, I know what you mean now. You have a buttload of info to glean from what is online. There may be someone here who will link everything you want. Do your DD. Darkling are a blessing and a curse to keep.I meant like darkling Beatles
That's crazyIt's very difficult to determine the species of any Velvet Ant you find, as there could be many in your area that look identical (or almost identical) because of mimicry rings. Males will also often look completely different to their species' females, and be similarly hard to identify, if you manage to catch one.
And so is that!might even be looking for different hosts depending on if the female is fertilized or not
I know a really great company that actually does this complicated identification for you - and sells them at a very reasonable price. Happy to provide the name if you PM me. Still doesn't solve the many issues of breeding them though...It's very difficult to determine the species of any Velvet Ant you find, as there could be many in your area that look identical (or almost identical) because of mimicry rings. Males will also often look completely different to their species' females, and be similarly hard to identify, if you manage to catch one.
I thought those kinds of IDs were just about impossible without killing the animal first.I know a really great company that actually does this complicated identification for you - and sells them at a very reasonable price. Happy to provide the name if you PM me. Still doesn't solve the many issues of breeding them though...
My apologies, I was skimming. They don't do sequencing (which as you write is quite difficult to do for inverts without killing them) but they collect based on the known geographic ranges of certain species, and sell two that are easily distinguishable based on appearance.I thought those kinds of IDs were just about impossible without killing the animal first.