Armored Darkling Beetle Eleodes armata
$5.00
Description
The Armored Darkling Beetle Eleodes armata is our largest regularly available desert beetle. They are especially active in the tanks and very easy to care for. We highly recommend them as tankmates for blue death feigning beetles or other desert beetles. Body length is usually 3/4 to 1 inch on average and with the legs they look even larger. If you order multiples we tend to send a range of sizes for diversity’s sake and breeding purposes. They are jet black with sort of a semi-glossy appearance and notable spikes on their legs.
$5 each.
Many keepers keep a jelly cup (related products, below) in the tank with them to provide a source of food that lasts a week or so and doesn’t spoil. Alternatively, some people spoon out just a bit of this jelly into a cup or on top of a flat rock and keep the remainder of the jelly cup in the fridge.
Note that the photo on this page is of a related, smaller species of darkling beetle. See photos of this species on bugguide.net.
Tank set up and care video from my YouTube channel…
Additional information
| Weight | .10 lbs |
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6 reviews for Armored Darkling Beetle Eleodes armata
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Jazz (verified owner) –
Love these guys, they are very lively, and fun to watch!
Paula (verified owner) –
I purchased two of these guys and they are so active and fascinating to watch! They even climb on top of each other, sleeping with one another, they seem to stick together. Came healthy, would recommend!
Alvie (verified owner) –
Of the ten or so species of desert beetles I own, these are definitely my favorite. They are the biggest and they are some of the most active. They climb all over the place and hang out with each other. They are large enough to handle without harming, and their defense mechanism is to mimic stink beetles by stinking their butts in the air, which is in my opinion more interesting than just playing dead like the rest. Eleodes Longicollis are almost identical to these guys and everything in this review applies to them as well.
Eduardo (verified owner) –
The beetle arrived in good condition. These are just like the cute, stereotypical Eleodes but are fairly large and have spines!
Stephen C (verified owner) –
Love these guys. Amazing shipping from the site (I messed up and the owner emailed me to fix that.) I have these in with some blue and rough death feigning beetles and they’re super active. I see them walking around with the BDFB all the time. Super fun to watch.
theciliate (verified owner) –
Very lively beetles, started breeding after about 3 minutes! I have watched them lay eggs twice since I got them a few hours ago. Highly recommend ordering from this website as the customer service is great and all my beetles arrived happy and healthy. 10/10 website