Cleaner Crew - Dermestid Beetles

Description: This listing is for Dermestid Beetles These are quality Dermestid beetles and larvae, professionally bred and raised in clean, isolated, disease and pest free colonies.We take great care in raising quality insects. As a rule, our Dermestids are very robust and healthy.Also known as Dermestes maculatus or ?flesh eating beetles?, these are the bugs professional taxidermists, academics, and museums use to clean dead flesh from the bones of specimens prior to storage, display, etc. They can be used by anyone who wants to clean bones they find interesting and may want to keep or display, such as deer or bear skulls, or anything else. And they are also commonly used by roach-keepers to reduce or eliminate dead roach carcasses from their colonies. This helps keep roach colonies clean and free of mold and bacteria, thus reducing disease risk and raising productivity.Dermestid beetles and larvae eat only dead flesh and tissue like cartilage and skin. They will not touch bone, and they ignore living animals. This makes them ideal colony scavengers for roaches and efficient skeleton cleaners for home and professional taxidermy projects big and small. These are the insects you want if you have a skull you need cleaned, animal skeletons of any size that you want to process, or a roach colony (or other insects) that need ongoing maintenance.Regarding roaches, these are particularly useful in Dubia colonies. They help manage mold and bacteria by competing with pathogens for food and by reducing moisture accumulation. Dubia roach turnover tends to be high and die-offs are common. Dermestid beetles are a good way to protect your investment and reduce maintenance costs.If roach colony cleanliness is your goal, you may also consider adding Dermestid beetles and buffalo beetles together as cleaner crews. While Dermestids eat dead roaches, buffalo beetles eat leftover food and moist frass (roach poo). They tend to not compete with each other for food because they each have their own separate niche. Professional roach-keepers commonly use both species in their colonies. Due to cold weather please consider a shipping warmer if your local temperatures are below 60°F we can not guarantee they will survive shipping if it is this cold in your area.Likewise due to warm weather please select post office hold if your local area temperatures are above 85°F please select post office hold and priority mail so they do not sit out in the sun or hot mailbox for extended periods of time, if your order is dead because you did not select post office hold and your local area temps are well above 85°F you will be declined a replacement.Please note that if your order falls on a Wednesday and you are shipping with first class, no post office hold, and no priority mail or other expedited service I may delay shipment of your box to the following Monday, this is to help avoid your order of insects from being stuck in the mailing system for up to 5 days or more without proper food or water where they will likely perish. Please contact me with any shipping requests regarding this.

Price: 16.99 USD

Location: Monticello, Georgia

End Time: 2024-10-30T21:08:07.000Z

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