Sunday:
Mostly defleshed, I left some meat on it to keep the beetles with more food.
Monday:
They've cleaned off a lot of the meat already, and have done a lot of work on the extra layers of tissue covering the skull.
Tuesday:
No real noticeable progress since Monday, sadly. :-(
Until next time!
So. Damn. Awesome. (but kinda gross.)
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting.
WOW theyre fast. Ive heard of people with really large colonies doing 6-8 deer skulls a day, but I didn't believe it.... actually given your speed it seems possible.
ReplyDeleteYeah, my colony is surprisingly large and working pretty fast for one that started only over a month ago. I'm so impressed by their speed and progress, lol. :-)
ReplyDeleteWOw quite the colony. i wish Attengenus unicolor would breed faster like Maculata does. It takes 45 days from egg to adult for maculata and over 75-100 days for Unicolor[Which is carpet beetles] I also keep Larder beetles which are closely related to Maculata or hide beetles.
ReplyDelete-Dermy