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Keeping/breeding Lucihormetica sp. - flake soil needed?


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Does anyone have any tips on keeping/breeding Luchormetica? I don't have any right now, just doing research since these are on my wishlist and I've heard they're pretty finicky, lol. I heard they need rotten wood to thrive. Is this true? If so, what kind of wood is best? Would white oak bark work (like these?) Is flake soil needed?

I am specifically interested in the following species, if this helps: 

Lucihormetica subcincta (the less finicky of the two, if I understand correctly?)
Lucihormetica verrucosa

Thanks in advance!

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They are pretty easy but not very fast. They like to hide under wood and part of the substrate should always be damp. I think sucincta is less finicky but mostly because they are slower, verrucosa I've had to use as feeders to try to keep the colony from crashing but never subcincta.

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