The Dermestid Beetle Process

By far the most effective way to preserve your trophy skull!
Don't risk boiling away those critical inches and damaging the skull and teeth.

Boiled Bobcat

VS.

Beetle'd Bobcat

Let us put your skull through the beetle process!




Frozen B&C Black Bear



Ready for the beetles



Beetles at work



Cleaning Completed



Whitened Finished Skull



The Dermestid beetle belongs to the family Dermestidae. Dermestids feed on dry-moist animal material. Dermestes maculatus go through a complete matamorphosis; that is the egg, larval, pupal, and adult stage. The complete life cycle lasts about 5-10 months. The larva does much of the cleaning of the bones. Here at Western Skulls we have many beetle colonies healthy and hungry waiting for your skull!

Our beetles are genuine beetles from Dermestid Inc.