Beetles, Slugs, and Venus Fly Traps (Shipping Now Available)

[Arthroverts]

Hey all, I've got a few things I'm selling to get ready for some new additions, so here goes!

ADDING: 10 San Gabriel Mountains Darkling Beetles (Coelocnemis sp.)$4 apiece, or take 5 or more@$4 apiece.

3 Blue Death Feigning Beetles (Asbolus verrucosus)@$15 apiece, or take all three for $40. SOLD.

1 Diabolical Ironclad Beetle (Nosoderma diabolicum)@$7.

Glass Beetle Terrarium (6 3/8" by 6 3/8" by 7 1/4") with piece of cholla wood, Joshua Tree Bark, live pothos plant@$20.

3 "Red Dragon" Venus Fly Traps (extra small-small)@$7 apiece, or take all three for $18. ON HOLD.

1 blueish-green Tiger Centipede, 1-1.5" (Scolopendra polymorpha)@$5. Rademacher Hills locality. SOLD.

12 juvenile to sub-adult Blue-Eyed Slugs or Yellow Slugs (Limax flavus)@$3 apiece, or take all twelve for $30. Great for reducing food waste, with awesome blue eye stalks!

Terms of Service:

Minimum Purchase Price for shipping=$20.

I am working on getting everything ready for shipping, please ask for more details.
Local pick up at Invertebrate Club of Southern California meetings or in San Bernardino County.
All sales are final.

I am open to trading and negotiating, just let me know what you got! Currently searching for an adult Spirostreptus sp. "8" female.

Let me know if you have any questions. Pictures and locality information available upon request.

Thanks for looking,

Arthroverts
 

 

[Auz]

Hi, I haven't been on here for a while, so I assume this may be expired. Any chance you still have those beetles? I would have to do shipping though since i'm in the midwest. Just curious, because I already have a beetle terrarium so I could make room for some more if they need a home!

 

[Arthroverts]

@Auz, no, I traded the BDFBs, but I do still have the ironclad. Let me update the list:

1 Diabolical Ironclad Beetle (Nosoderma diabolicum)@$7.

Glass Beetle Terrarium (6 3/8" by 6 3/8" by 7 1/4") with piece of cholla wood, Joshua Tree Bark, live pothos plant@$20.

3 "Red Dragon" Venus Fly Traps (extra small-small)@$7 apiece, or take all three for $18.

12 juvenile to sub-adult Blue-Eyed Slugs or Yellow Slugs (Limax flavus)@$3 apiece, or take all twelve for $30. Great for reducing food waste, with awesome Blue eye stalks.

This is what I currently have, but I do have some stuff in the process of growing, and I will be going on a couple collecting trips here soon, so I may have some more darklings, death-feigners, and/or ironclads coming soon.

Thanks,

Arthroverts

 

[Auz]

I may be interested in the diabolical! is there a chance you'll be getting other species of ironclads? primarily the Texas Ironclad? That's one of the species I am having the least luck finding. currently i only have one diabolical though, so I wouldn't mind getting a second

 

[Arthroverts]

@Auz, I may be able to get some regular ironclads, along with more Diabolical's, but I have yet to find or see anyone selling Texas ironclads. They have such awesome coloration, I myself have been looking for them for a while.

Are you interested in other species of death-feigners? I may have the opportunity to get some Blue Death-Feigning Beetles (Asbolus verrucosus), Smooth Death-Feigning Beetles (Asbolus laevis), Mexican Death-Feigning Beetles (Asbolus mexicanus), and Black Death-Feigning Beetles (Cryptoglossus sp.).

Thanks,

Arthroverts

 

[Auz]

@Auz, I may be able to get some regular ironclads, along with more Diabolical's, but I have yet to find or see anyone selling Texas ironclads. They have such awesome coloration, I myself have been looking for them for a while.

Are you interested in other species of death-feigners? I may have the opportunity to get some Blue Death-Feigning Beetles (Asbolus verrucosus), Smooth Death-Feigning Beetles (Asbolus laevis), Mexican Death-Feigning Beetles (Asbolus mexicanus), and Black Death-Feigning Beetles (Cryptoglossus sp.).

Thanks,

Arthroverts

ah, yeah they seem to be one of the most rare to find in the hobby. I may have to go to Texas myself to find them lol.

 I may be interested in regular/diabolicals. i'm not sure. I also have 5 blue DFBs, 2 Smooth DFB, one Black DFB, 1 desert ironclad and 1 diabolical currently. The only problem is I have a hard time telling the difference between which is my black DFB and which is my normal desert ironclad haha. So i may be interested in either of those, potentially. It's hard to tell what I have. They may not even been either of those and could be some other kind of desert beetles. If you ever get the chance to get some good pictures of them, i'd love to see so I know what they really look like!

I have never heard of Mexican DFBs before, from the few images I can find on them, the look like they have a lined groove on their back as their distinctive feature? I would be interested in them as long as they're something distinguishable since I have a few breeds sharing a space. Pricing also is a factor of course. if they're all cheap enough, I would probably be interested in them all haha 

 

[Arthroverts]

@Auz, let me know if you ever come across any Texas ironclads, I may want some as well! I will try to get some good pictures if I can. As for pricing, PM me and we can talk some more.

Here is a photo of a Southern California Eleodes sp. that I collected today. Let me know if your interested, they are $4, buy 5 or more=$3. They seem to be quite prolific and hardy from past experience. 



Thanks,

Arthroverts

 

[Arthroverts]

Photo of the Venus Fly Traps.



Thanks,

Arthroverts

 

[Arthroverts]

Beetle Comparison: From Top to Bottom. Top, Mexican Death Feigning Beetle, Black Death Feigning Beetle, Diabolical Ironclad, San Gabriel Mountains Eleodes sp.



Thanks,

Arthroverts

 

[Hisserdude]

Here is a photo of a Southern California Eleodes sp. that I collected today. 

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Coelocnemis, not Eleodes, as evidenced by the golden hairs on the tibiae. This genus is notoriously difficult to breed, as opposed to the similar but somewhat distantly related Eleodes spp. which are generally a breeze. Pretty long lived though, speaking from personal experience!