Culturing bean beetles

[norcalChams]

I have a clutch of panther chameleon eggs about to hatch soon. I have fruit fly cultures going and was thinking about culturing bean beetles.

Can anyone please give me a how to on culturing bean beetles.

 

[CarlC]

Fill deli cups up about 1/3 of the way with black eyed pea's. Add beetles from a already running culture. After about a week or so you should see little white spots on the pea's. These are the ova. In a month or so you should start seeing new beetles.

Carl

 

[SMCNARY]

You might want to add a empty toilet paper roll,push it down into the center of the beans. It gives the Beatles something to climb on and when it's time to feed them off you can just remove the roll and tap it over a container and they will fall of. This makes it easier to remove them from the culture. When starting a new culture just fill another deli cup 1/3 full,put in the tp roll and add Beatles.
That's it,super easy

 

[deerharvester]

There spot on, if you give me your email I'll send you nick barta care sheet. It's a little more detailed, he is also who I got my beatles from.

Scott

 

[CarlC]

Thanks Steve! I forgot to mention that.

Carl

 

[norcalChams]

Thanks for replys everyone.