Beetle dieoff

Two nights ago I noticed that there were quite a few dead beetles in my beetle drawer.  I've picked out a few in the past, but this was the first time I noticed very many.  Some were headless and some just didn't move.  I picked out about 1/4 cup of them by hand.  Occasionally I thought there was one that wasn't moving, and after he got into the "dead beetle" container, I noticed movement so he went back.

I don't know how long they are supposed to live, but I just looked back and saw that my first ones were "born" in late November and early December.  That's a pretty good life for a beetle!

Today I cleaned one drawer and also combined my first two worm drawers.  Most of the worms in those drawers are getting pretty mature, and I have harvested a lot from those drawers.  Many of those are morphing into pupae now.