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....okay. I tried pulling the beetles out and putting them in one drawer, but I couldn't keep up with it.So now it's just whatever they do.... In all of the drawers it's basically the same. Next to no pupae,many dead pupae, no eating size worms and lots of beetles. I give them veggies, which they seem to be craving at the moment. I heated the substrate before using it and haven't noticed any other creatures. My only two guesses are the beetles eating the others or a virus / parasite.
I hope someone can tell me what is going on and see if maybe I am doing something wrong. Thanks for your comments.
Wendy, it almost sounds like they all pupated and morphed to beetles. That would leave just the 'dead' behind. My colonies go through phases of having deformed beetles. My colonies also go through phases where the pupae do not morph.
Since you have beetles, don't worry...the next generation is coming!!