My name is Sarah Mahie and I am an ecologist by profession. I gained my first colony of dermestid beetles, the species Dermestes frischii, during my Bachelor study in Applied Biology. It's that exact colony that is still thriving in my care since 2017! My interest in these beetle species grew quick and two years later, in 2019, I gained a colony of Dermestes lardarius followed by Dermestes maculatus. And it didn't stop there. In 2020 I established a colony of Dermestes undulatus and in 2021 a colony of Dermestes haemorrhoidalis. The newest addistions are from 2024, them being Dermestes murinus and Dermestes ater. I would love to travel in the future to obtain other species.
All dermestid beetles are kept in homogeneous colonies of a singular species (besides the ones kept in my bioactive terrarium) and they are clean of pests like ham beetles or grain mites. They can be carefully shipped throughout the European Union. You can buy different species of dermestid beetles in the shop.