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bassbob Spike Posts: 75	beetles Jan 18, 2008 10:25:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bassbob on Jan 18, 2008 10:25:06 GMT -5 I my be interested in buying some beetles where can I get some and how many should I start withand what is the cost involved.Thanks Bob

trkyman Administrator Posts: 1,167	beetles Jan 18, 2008 13:27:04 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by trkyman on Jan 18, 2008 13:27:04 GMT -5 try taxidermy net,somebody is always selling them there. I think about 250 seems to be the avg to start off with.

snapper Forkhorn Posts: 143	beetles Jan 20, 2008 0:04:35 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by snapper on Jan 20, 2008 0:04:35 GMT -5 E-Bay . Someone is always selling them to. You can get anywhere from 100 to 1000 or more

bassbob Spike Posts: 75	beetles Jan 20, 2008 4:56:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bassbob on Jan 20, 2008 4:56:55 GMT -5 ok thank you

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beetles Jan 20, 2008 18:30:41 GMT -5

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Post by weasel on Jan 20, 2008 18:30:41 GMT -5

theres a guy in Alaska named ken who everyone has had good feedback with he seems great. ebay is hit or miss.... order as many as you can if its under 200 it takes a lot longer to get them up to large skulls.

www.taxidermy.net/forum/index.php/topic,60167.0.html

WAR is the remedy our enemy has chosen,and I say give them all the want."Gen Sherman

Benjamin Franklin "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote."

2 to the chest one to the head and most things are dead-Weasel

tylerdeloach32 Forkhorn Posts: 164	beetles Feb 2, 2008 23:06:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tylerdeloach32 on Feb 2, 2008 23:06:02 GMT -5 Are beetles the way to go?

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beetles Feb 21, 2008 20:12:09 GMT -5

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Post by fesekula on Feb 21, 2008 20:12:09 GMT -5

Are beetles the way to go?

I am no expert but I have cleaned 100's of skulls and I would never clean a skull any other way then beetles. You do have a strong smell with the bugs but no where close to the smell with rotting down skulls and cleaning them by hand afterwords. Get some beetles, feed them, keep them warm and they will turn into a colony and you yourself will be selling off your extras on Ebay also. Just be sure to cut off the extra meat, pull the eyes and blow the brains out with air or water, dry the skull to jerky meat and you are good to go.

weasel Legend in the Making Posts: 1,047	beetles Feb 21, 2008 22:00:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by weasel on Feb 21, 2008 22:00:34 GMT -5 by far beetles are the way to go...and the smell of beetles is nothign compared to maceration it freaking is AWFUL
	WAR is the remedy our enemy has chosen,and I say give them all the want."Gen Sherman Benjamin Franklin "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." 2 to the chest one to the head and most things are dead-Weasel

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beetles Feb 22, 2008 0:02:16 GMT -5

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Post by fesekula on Feb 22, 2008 0:02:16 GMT -5

You got that right weasel with the smell. If we could only bottle up that maceration smell we would have been out of Iraq years ago with a new and improved stink bomb, or as I like to say the smell of death with a few hand fulls of maggots tossed in.

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beetles Apr 12, 2008 13:15:31 GMT -5

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Post by tylerdeloach32 on Apr 12, 2008 13:15:31 GMT -5

I'm thinking about getting some beatles here, but i'm a little worried about them. How warm do i have to keep them? I was thinking about keeping them in the barn would that work out ok? Also what do you feed the beatles? I'm planning on doing maybe 4 or 5 european mounts here in the next 2 months would beatles be worth the investment?

fesekula Fawn Posts: 44	beetles Apr 15, 2008 15:00:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fesekula on Apr 15, 2008 15:00:01 GMT -5 This link will answer your questions www.ummz.umich.edu/mammal/dermestarium.html

ralphjr2000: I posted a thread in the fix area and cant seem to get any answers...Hope you might help me out?

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