Day#504-Dermestid Beetle Update

Day#504- Well its been a long road to get here i've deffinately have hit my fair shair of fails and epic fails throughout this big whole project. I've done some amazing projects. Some of which i actually got good results for[Ex when i started my new colony off of 1 gravid female back in January 25th/2011] I do plan to do a lot more with this colony as summer ends[i'm busy in the summer doing wasp/ant related things] its a great thing these guys live off neglect[All i do is feeding them a huge ammount for the summer months and come back to a thriving dermestid colony!] All in all this colony has taught me a thing or two about dermestes lardarius and how they do their thing.

Anyway onto how the colony is doing up to date. So far i've actually started a new colony[No not with 1 gravid queen] of a diffrent species intirally! Its known as Attangenus unicolor. Its also commonly known as The Black Carpet Beetle. They breed really slow[Lardarius can get 2-3 cycles in before they even finish 1!] Anyway deffinatly stay tuned for a big project with them this fall!

As well the larder beetles will be doing a couple projects with me this fall of course that would mean i may have to split them at the end of the summer months up ahead anyway i'll figure that one out when the time comes. As well the lardarius colony is in a bust cycle right now :( [This is when there is a lot of beetles and next to no larvae.] It will surpase in a month or so.

Anyway hope this was a good enough update for you all