Blue Death-Feigning Beetles: The Best Pet Invertebrate?

Dean Rider, expert Blue Death-Feigning Beetle researcher, discusses the diet of these beetles in the wild here: http://arachnoboards.com/threads/asbo...

Are Blue Death-Feigning Beetles (Asbolus verrucosus) the best pet invertebrates? In this video I take about the housing, feeding, and pros and cons of keeping Blue Death-Feigning Beetles as pets.
LINKS to Blue Death-Feigning Beetle supplies:
This is the new version of the vivarium I have used to keep my Blue death-feigning beetles in: https://amzn.to/2L92qLr
This is the light hood I use for the small beetle vivarium above, it works great: https://amzn.to/2LbJCeR
In the small vivarium, I use fluorescent bulbs like these to provide light and a little warmth for my beetles: https://amzn.to/2ZAM7Ln
For the larger vivarium, I use a reflector like this: https://amzn.to/31F0CQr
Here is some cholla wood for your beetle vivarium: https://amzn.to/34QmDxC
You can purchase bug jelly for your blue death-feigning beetles, a very simple and convenient food: https://shop.bugsincyberspace.com/Bee...
http://beetlesource.com/index.php/buy...
Make your own beetle jelly! Here is blog where I found the original the bug/beetle jelly recipe:
http://beetlesaspets.blogspot.com/201...
Here is my version of the DIY bug jelly/beetle jelly recipe, along with links to purchase most of the ingredients, most of which you can probably find locally:
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon agar agar powder: https://amzn.to/2FSFJJe
1 ripe banana
1 cup of water, divided
8.5 teaspoons dark brown sugar: https://amzn.to/2TfAvLm
one teaspoon of honey: https://amzn.to/2CFnV11
(optional) 1/2 teaspoon crested gecko diet: https://amzn.to/2MjFGrb
In a blender, add 1/2 cup water, the peeled banana, the brown sugar, the honey, and the optional crested gecko diet. Blend until the banana is liquified.
In a saucepan, heat the other 1/2 cup of water to boiling. Stir in the agar powder, and stir for 1-2 minutes to ensure the agar powder is completely dissolved. Next, stir the other liquified ingredients into the boiling water. Bring this mixture to a boil, and boil again for 1-2 minutes. Pour the mixture into a shallow container (such as a glass baking dish) to cool. While the mixture cools, do not move, shake, or disturb it in any way. Once the mixture has cooled, it can be cut up and/or spooned out into a jar or other container for storage in a refrigerator. It will generally keep for several months if refrigerated.
I use these 0.5 ounce deli cups to feed this bug jelly to my bugs: https://amzn.to/2T8LCFU
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Sexing Blue Death-Feigning Beetles: http://arachnoboards.com/threads/sexi...
Here is the thread where a Dean Rider discusses inducing pupation in Blue death-feigning beetles: http://arachnoboards.com/threads/indu...
More on keeping velvet ants with these beetles: https://shop.bugsincyberspace.com/Vel...