InvertsandOi
Arachnoknight
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- Feb 12, 2016
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I bought two Dynastes tityus larvae about a month or so ago. This is my first time rearing any beetle, so I'm not 100% that I'm not making any terrible mistakes. I'm hoping that anyone with experience can let me know if I'm doing something wrong. I believe they're L2, but I don't know for sure. I put them in these containers the size of worm containers (actually one of them is a worm container) with 100% ground up decayed hardwood.
I went to some woods and found a very decayed old fallen tree that was teaming with isopods, slugs, millipedes, centipedes, and little black beetles. I mean TEAMING. The wood was decayed enough that I was able to break a bunch of chunks off pretty easily with my bare hands. I used a cheese grater to grind the wood into fine little chunks, so it had a soil-like consistency, and then I microwaved it, one bowl at a time, in case I missed any unwanted inverts. So that's what I'm using as substrate. The larvae seem to be doing fine, but I'm a little concerned that the containers might be too small. I know I'll have to put them in something bigger eventually. Any experienced feedback will be much appreciated. I don't want to screw this up.
I went to some woods and found a very decayed old fallen tree that was teaming with isopods, slugs, millipedes, centipedes, and little black beetles. I mean TEAMING. The wood was decayed enough that I was able to break a bunch of chunks off pretty easily with my bare hands. I used a cheese grater to grind the wood into fine little chunks, so it had a soil-like consistency, and then I microwaved it, one bowl at a time, in case I missed any unwanted inverts. So that's what I'm using as substrate. The larvae seem to be doing fine, but I'm a little concerned that the containers might be too small. I know I'll have to put them in something bigger eventually. Any experienced feedback will be much appreciated. I don't want to screw this up.