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Old 08-13-03, 01:12 PM   #1
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life span of darkling beetles

Does anyone know around how long darkling beetles live for? (the one's that mealies turn into)
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Old 08-13-03, 08:46 PM   #2
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A couple days. LOL....well that's how long mine live for That's not their normal span though... for some reason mealie beetles and superworm beetles like to die on me
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I've been wondering that myself. A guy gave me some pupae about 8 wks ago and within a week they had hatched into beetles. Since then I have picked out 7 dead ones out of 38. The others are still going strong. I will let you know when they all die off.
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