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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 129305" data-attributes="member: 27677">I read a few articles just now, did you know that there's a website dedicated to them? Apparently the beetles are more likely to eat flowers and vegetation, it's the larvae that eat mostly flesh, not to mention carpets and linen etc (edit - I have since read contrary information stating the beetles don't eat vegetation at all, but it's a huge family and may vary from genus to genus). According to one article, it can take up to 5 months for an egg to become an adult beetle.I get them in tubs of crickets too, the tub I sorted out last night has a beetle and 3 larvae, it might be interesting to set up a container for them.</blockquote>