The confused Rice Flour Beetle (Tribolium confusum) is an easy-to-culture, convenient food source for poison dart frogs, bumble bee toads, fish, and other small animals that enjoy smaller food items.

These Rice Flour Beetles cultures consist of around 100 breeding adults and a good amount of flour media. They take some time to start producing, which is why we age ours at least a full month before shipping. However, when rice flour beetles do breed, they are very easy to maintain and can go months without any upkeep, making them an ideal 'special treat' or 'backup feeder' if you run out of other insects.

Adult rice flour beetles are capable of emitting an unpleasant-tasting chemical when they feel threatened, making them unpalatable to many animals. Their larvae, however, are very nutritious and palatable, and most poison dart frogs, bumble bee toads, fish, and other small animals will eat rice flour beetle larvae with relish. Rice flour beetle larvae are harvested from the media with a Rice Flour Beetle sifter.

For more information about Rice Flour Beetles' culture, care, life cycle, and how to feed them to your pet, please visit our Rice Flour Beetle Care Sheet.

If you are wanting to culture Rice Flour Beetles at home, please consider Josh's Frogs Rice Flour Beetle Culture Kit.