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Scott W · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:28 am Post subject: Fruit Beetles

Thanks to my Dutch friend Wink

, I was able to set up some fruit beetles 'pachnoda'. Only had them a week and already they are pupaeting.

The grubs are like large juicy catepillars, the size of your thumb. Hopefully in a few months I'll have enough to start using as feeders, reckon the monitors and bearded dragons will love them.

Anyone else keeping them?
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mark_w · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:13 pm Post subject:

I'm hoping to get some at Hamm. They are too expensive to buy in bulk over here.

I've kept them before, but I tell you what, the larvae are nowhere near the size of your thumb lol.... Unless you're not very big....

They get to about an inch long? You must have something other than Pachnoda. Or they are are a different species to the one's I kept.

How many have you used to start your colony?

Mark.

Jan O · Key Member Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 360

They sure are the size of your thumb AND can give one hell of a bite too- I speak from experience! I had the grubs for weeks and they didnt appear to do anything other than drag food down their tunnells. Then one day I noticed all these sort of soil balls around the edges of the tank, within a short while all these stunning sun beetles were gimbiling about! I didnt realise the huige maggoty type larva could nip so when i picked one up it was a shock as it caught some skin my finger and wouldnt let go- evil little bugger.
Jan

Rickeezee · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject:

Don't know if anyone is interested but this site has beetles n things.

http://www.invertapet.co.uk/index_files/page0001.htm

Rick
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Rickeezee · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject:

Sorry forgot to say the beetles available on the site are very stunning in terms of looks I think!
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Scott W · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:32 pm Post subject:

mark_w · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:38 pm Post subject:

The ones I kept were Pachnoda marginata peregrina.

I sure as hell don't remember them getting that big, but to be fair, it was quite a few years ago....

I'm guessing that 50 or a 100 would be a good number to start a feeder colony?

Mark.

Pollywog · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:46 pm Post subject:

I've got a colony of these.

I've got some grubs going spare if anyone is interested, also got a few on e-bay if you want to grab a bargain.
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linda · Key Member Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 442 Location: UK

do chameleons eat them?
if so where can i get some from that arent too expensive?#

mark_w · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:29 am Post subject:

I couldn't find any at a reasonable price in the UK, but have just picked up 50 large grubs of Pachnoda butana fron Hamm. I suspect that these are the same as those in Pollywogs pictures above.

Mark.