fruit beetle grubs!

[connor 1213]

hello

well i went to my pals reptile shop the other week and all i came away with was a box of crickets and a box of meal worms

i also saw a box of fruit beetle grubs(as livefood)

but i seen them and thought to myself if i reared them what kind of fruit beetle would i end up with and what size would it be?

can anyone answer my question?

thanx

[Sarracenia]

These grubs are Pachnoda marginata, which as adults are between 1cm and 2.5cm, but seeing as the grubs sold as food are not fed properly and are inbred, they will produce tiny adults, and often will not even pupate due to how physically exhausted they are.

If you want a nice simple jump into the world of beetles, try healthily cultured species as pets like Smaragdesthes, Protaetia, Eudicella and other species of Pachnoda. I can imagine that starting with food-bred larvae could be pretty demoralising.

[connor 1213]

Originally Posted by Sarracenia

These grubs are Pachnoda marginata, which as adults are between 1cm and 2.5cm, but seeing as the grubs sold as food are not fed properly and are inbred, they will produce tiny adults, and often will not even pupate due to how physically exhausted they are.

If you want a nice simple jump into the world of beetles, try healthily cultured species as pets like Smaragdesthes, Protaetia, Eudicella and other species of Pachnoda. I can imagine that starting with food-bred larvae could be pretty demoralising.

thank you

[ste_lloyd]

I started with the live food grubs(Pachnoda sp.). They tend to breed ok after a while. Pretty little fellas. Best of luck. They are useful if you have any breeding small mammals, good protien for mums.

[serpentsupplies]

yeah they are basically bred to fail and to ensure you can't bred them yourself (usually)