If you are clever, you can figure out from this video the substrate and temperature used to consistently induce maturing larvae to pupate and eclose (the last step to rearing these in captivity). It takes between 5-12 months to get from egg to adult. Many years old, this video was originally posted as a private video for Arachnoboards users in 2016, but was released to public view in 2020. Consult Arachnoboards forums for food etc. used. All the details are there if you simply search.
Credit is due to those who began this work in the 1980s, most notably Rolf Aalbu, whose doctoral thesis was devoted to these beetles, and also more recently Orin McMonigle who has inspired many to try. A valuable video series by Aquarimax demonstrates the steps in the breeding of these critters.
A related, but earlier video with a Blue Death-Feigning Beetle egg being laid is here:
And If you are a super nerd, the Crowd-funded genome project video is here:
Where I owe enormous thanks to Peter Clausen and all those listed in the credits of that video for their support.
And if you are a super nerd even among super nerds, the genome project DNA sequences are in the NCBI database here:
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