cfreidsma
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Hi,
(Unavailable for winter)
Available are cups of spider beetles to begin your own colonies
$13 gets one starter cup, $5 for each additional cup.
The priority shipping is included in the initial price. If you desire extra mailing services (like signature, overnight, etc) then extra will be needed.
They are shipped priority on Monday or Tuesday from Zeeland, MI. You are expected to know your own weather, and let me know while contacting if they need shipped on a later date or anything. These are rather hardy beetles, but hot temperatures would not be very good on them.
Paypal is preferred.
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The care for them is pretty much the same as mealworms and other feeder insects. Substrate/bedding can be something like oatmeal, and then have other dry foods like cat and dog food in with them also. A moist cotton ball seems to make them rather excited also.
Larva dig into the dry foods. They stay inside of whatever they were laid on, and then pupate in little pouches they make from it. I have noticed that when they are only presented with oatmeal, the larva make soft pouches against the bottom of the tote. When presented with cat food, I think they pupate inside the food if they can. I haven't seen a larva or pupa of them yet as they are tiny though. A website suggest that they can produce two generations a year under good conditions.
(Unavailable for winter)
Available are cups of spider beetles to begin your own colonies
$13 gets one starter cup, $5 for each additional cup.
The priority shipping is included in the initial price. If you desire extra mailing services (like signature, overnight, etc) then extra will be needed.
They are shipped priority on Monday or Tuesday from Zeeland, MI. You are expected to know your own weather, and let me know while contacting if they need shipped on a later date or anything. These are rather hardy beetles, but hot temperatures would not be very good on them.
Paypal is preferred.
Feedback
The care for them is pretty much the same as mealworms and other feeder insects. Substrate/bedding can be something like oatmeal, and then have other dry foods like cat and dog food in with them also. A moist cotton ball seems to make them rather excited also.
Larva dig into the dry foods. They stay inside of whatever they were laid on, and then pupate in little pouches they make from it. I have noticed that when they are only presented with oatmeal, the larva make soft pouches against the bottom of the tote. When presented with cat food, I think they pupate inside the food if they can. I haven't seen a larva or pupa of them yet as they are tiny though. A website suggest that they can produce two generations a year under good conditions.
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