Dermestid Care:Part 1-Making The Perfect Inclosure

Okay so i thought i'd go into more detail on how to keep and raise Dermestids.
Part 1-Making The Perfect Inclosure.
Making The inclosure is often one of the most fun and injoyable things to do when raising dermestids.You will need some supplies though.
Matierals
Scissors
Duct Tape
Screen
Container [Can be anything from a sandwhich container to a 20 gallon rubbermaid tub.I'll talk about this more in depth later.]
Egg Cartons/Crates/Papertowel rolls[Depending on what you perfer to use.]

Steps
Okay so first step is to cut a hole [depends on the size of the container but i'd suggest a hole the size of the middle and leave 1 inch on each side or so.]
Now duct tape the screen over the hole[On Both Sides of the lid.]
Next up is to add the Egg Cartons/Crates/Papertowel rolls.I suggest added the Egg Cartons/Crates verticle [If you have the space.]If not just stacking on onto another works just as well.]If you stack them verticle the frass[Poop] falls to the floor of the inclosure.
Now That you have Your inclosure made time to talk about what sizes fits how many dermestids.

From a sandwhich container to a 10 by 10 cage:These will fit around 100-400 dermestids.
12 by 12 cage To a 10 gallon-These hold 500-1500 dermestids.
12 Gallon t0 a 20 gallon-This will hold 1600-3000+.
20+gallon-These hold about 5000-10 000 dermestids.

I recomend starting small and working your way up seems way more injoyable then just getting 2000.I personally started my dermestid Colony from a single gravid female that i Called Eve.

In the next Tutorial i will talk about food/water requirements for Dermestids.

-koolkid
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