Dropping humidity

[Akavishi]

Hello!
I live in the PNW and have recently obtained some Blue Feigning Death Beetles. They’re starting to get their berry waxy coating after shipping but my hygrometer is still reading way too high for their ideal comfort level. They’re on coarse sand that hasn’t been misted at all. I run a heater bulb on the terrarium when during the day time, letting the temperature fall at night. They’ve been pretty active and I’ve given them some dehydrated crickets/mealworms and organic shelled peas with skinned carrots. The only issue to their well being seems to be humidity based. I can’t seem to get it to go down. I’m getting a bit worried and would love some advice on how to make these very silly little creatures feel at home.

 

[katamari]

Curious about this too, as I'm in the PNW and have a partner with a darkling beetle obsession.

 

[The Snark]

The PNW permanent problem. There is only two ways to remove moisture. If your containment is small you can recycle silica gel through; bake it dry and put the pans back in the enclosure, or use condensation. Again the small the containment the better. If you're handy with cobbing things together you can use the innards of a more efficient refrigerator and make up some sort or air re-circulation system. Up above that there are a few thousand dehumidifiers out there from under $100 on up. The catch is it must be a refrigeration condensing system.

 

[Akavishi]

Oh gee- ok; that’s somewhere to start though. The terrarium is a 20 gallon. I can try the silica gel to start snd go from there.

The PNW permanent problem. There is only two ways to remove moisture. If your containment is small you can recycle silica gel through; bake it dry and put the pans back in the enclosure, or use condensation. Again the small the containment the better. If you're handy with cobbing things together you can use the innards of a more efficient refrigerator and make up some sort or air re-circulation system. Up above that there are a few thousand dehumidifiers out there from under $100 on up. The catch is it must be a refrigeration condensing system.

 

[Akavishi]

The PNW permanent problem. There is only two ways to remove moisture. If your containment is small you can recycle silica gel through; bake it dry and put the pans back in the enclosure, or use condensation. Again the small the containment the better. If you're handy with cobbing things together you can use the innards of a more efficient refrigerator and make up some sort or air re-circulation system. Up above that there are a few thousand dehumidifiers out there from under $100 on up. The catch is it must be a refrigeration condensing system.

Thank you!

 

[Ratmosphere]

De-humidifier?