Bean beetles?

[Samsonsfrogs]

I was curious if anyone has fed their veiled cham bean beetles before? My dart frogs love em and wanted to get some opinions.

Sam

 

[eriksorg]

Tried that with some baby Oustalets...got some mixed results....The hardest part was keeping the beetles in a dish ..once they got out they went out the screen and into freedom!!!

 

[Lizardlover]

My melleri loves them, but most of my other chams wont touch them. It's a bummer too since I now have 10+ overflowing cultures .

 

[VeiledChams]

I feed them to my baby veileds. Most of them eat up as soon as I put them in there..love the sound of their exoskeleton crunching

 

[Samsonsfrogs]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I'll be sure to add them to his diet.

 

[Lizardlover]

I feed them to my baby veileds. Most of them eat up as soon as I put them in there..love the sound of their exoskeleton crunching

Need anymore?

 

[VeiledChams]

Need anymore?

I'd love some! Btw, I tried to get them to breed but no luck yet! Any pointers?

 

[Samsonsfrogs]

Black eyed peas , a rolled paper towel and heat. Oh and a couple weeks

 

[Samsonsfrogs]

Sorry, bad pic again

 

[laurie]

Need anymore?

Danny if anyone needs more than you have let me know, I also have tons. Remember when I didn't think mine would breed??

 

[Lizardlover]

Danny if anyone needs more than you have let me know, I also have tons. Remember when I didn't think mine would breed??

I was in the same position lol.

 

[Kent67]

What temps do you guys recommend? I just got my first cultures a few weeks ago and just split them up into new cups today.

 

[Samsonsfrogs]

I actually place my cultures on top of my t8 lighting fixture. I would guess somewhere around 80-90 degrees

 

[laurie]

What temps do you guys recommend? I just got my first cultures a few weeks ago and just split them up into new cups today.

Kent mine just say in the room with my chams. I would guess ambient temps to be about 70, as it was upstairs. I did find mine took several weeks to breed. I now have a million and that is a conservative estimate!!!!

 

[Samsonsfrogs]

Bean beetles will produce faster in hotter temps than ambient temps

 

[Kent67]

Thanks, guys. I think I may try setting them on the light fixtures and see how that goes. I'd like to have a million of them sooner than later.

 

[sandrachameleon]

how can I get some of these!?

 

[Samsonsfrogs]

I sell them to my dart frog hobbiests. If you can find someone close to you, then that would be the best and cheapest.

 

[Samsonsfrogs]

About a week after a fresh culture is made, most of the bean beetles that you used to start the culture will die. It will seem as if the culture crashed, but in about 2-2 1/2 weeks you'll be able to see the beetles tunnels inside the beans. Then "Boom" you will have hundreds upon hundreds.

 

[eriksorg]

I sell them to my dart frog hobbiests. If you can find someone close to you, then that would be the best and cheapest.

Off topic...what dart frogs do you have...are you a Dendroboard member???