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<blockquote data-quote="Tortoise Tom" data-source="post: 133164" data-attributes="member: 27883"><p>I have these living symbiotically in my roach bins. Not sure where they originally came from, but its fun when I pop the top to show someone the roach colony and a dermestid beetle fly right up at their face. They usually react with horror and revulsion, and I get tremendous enjoyment from watching their confusion when I matter-of-factly proclaim: "Oh, that's not a roach. Its a dermestid beetle." They stop the revolted expression, but they aren't sure how to feel about a beetle launching at their face. I just watch those wheels turning in their head…</p><p></p><p>I don't feed my beetles or their larva and I don't have any substrate. They live in the frass at the bottom and feast on the dead roaches. Their fuzzy little larva are kinda cute.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tortoise Tom, post: 133164, member: 27883"] I have these living symbiotically in my roach bins. Not sure where they originally came from, but its fun when I pop the top to show someone the roach colony and a dermestid beetle fly right up at their face. They usually react with horror and revulsion, and I get tremendous enjoyment from watching their confusion when I matter-of-factly proclaim: "Oh, that's not a roach. Its a dermestid beetle." They stop the revolted expression, but they aren't sure how to feel about a beetle launching at their face. I just watch those wheels turning in their head… I don't feed my beetles or their larva and I don't have any substrate. They live in the frass at the bottom and feast on the dead roaches. Their fuzzy little larva are kinda cute. [/QUOTE]
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