REARING DRIED FRUIT BEETLE Carpophilus hemipterus ON AN ARTIFICIAL DIET

Dried fruit beetles can be cultured easily using an artificial diet,therefore it is notnecessary to provide fruit.The ingredient are:Torula yeast,54g:Dried carrot,162g;Nipagin,2.4g;HCL Conc.7ml;Rain water,800ml.About60g of diet in pressed against one side of ahalf litre yogurt and sprinkled with a teaspoonful of active yeast.Two teaspoons full of diet ontop of the gauze lid and sprinkled with active yeast granules for the adults to eat and also to layeggs into.Up to2000 larvae should be produced from400 parents each week.About200 eggscan be collected,when making observations.The culture is rejuvenated each year with beetlescollected from the wild,kept isolated to avoid contamination of the culture room with mites.

REARING DRIED FRUIT BEETLE Carpophilus hemipterus ON AN ARTIFICIAL DIET

Dried fruit beetles can be cultured easily using an artificial diet therefore it is not necessary to provide fruit. The ingredient are: Torula yeast, 54g: Dried carrot, 162g; Nipagin, 2. 4g; HCL Conc. 7ml; Rain water, 800ml. About 60g of diet in pressed against one side of a half litre yogurt and sprinkled with a teaspoonful of active yeast. Two teaspoons full of diet on top of the gauze lid and sprinkled with active yeast granules for the adults to eat and also to lay eggs into. Up to 2000 larvae should be produced from 400 parents each week. About 200 eggs can be collected, when making observations. The culture is rejuvenated each year with beetles collected from the wild, kept isolated to avoid contamination of the culture room with mites.