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  1. I was changing out my Lucanus sp. Larval substrates today and I noticed one of the pieces of wood was vibrating and making a little squeeking noise. Upon further investigation I found an L3 larva inside the chunk of wood and it was stridulating whenever the wood was bumped. I was unaware that the larva made any noise. Has anyone else heard their Lucanus larva squeek at them?
  2. Anything from University of Nebraska Lincoln about Scaraboid beetles is very reliable! Dr. Brett Ratcliff is a world renowned expert on the Scarabs and Lucanids and leader of TEAM SCARAB!
  3. I acquired a pair early in my career and got them to lay 100+ eggs that all hatched into larva but didn't find out until it was too late that they are HIGHLY cannibalistic. I ended up with 2 larva that pupated and eclosed, One was a nice looking female and the other a good looking mid-sized male. If anyone is working with them I would suggest that you separate the larva immediately and use a protein supplement on the larva (Dog food) to get them to achieve maximum size. Breeder set up the same as a Lucanus medium-soft decay wood mat ground very fine and a few pieces of medium-soft decay logs buried in the 10 gallon tank so the tops just break the surface of the wood mat.
  4. Hi everyone! I am an Entomo-culturist in Omaha Nebraska and have about 4 years experience with exotic and native beetles, mantids, phasmids, and a long list of other Arthropods. But I am here for advice and to maybe offer some new ideas to the rest of the group. A list of the coleoptera I have worked with includes (* denotes species that have bred in captivity, ? denotes that I do not know which species I am currently working with that are Wild Collected larva)... Lucanus capreolis? Lucanus elaphus? Phalocrognathus mulleri* Eleodes sp.* Asbolus verrucosus* Chalcosoma atlas* Pachnoda sinuata flaviventris* Pachnoda marginata peregrina* Chrysina gloriosa* Chrysina beyeri* Dynastes tytius* Dynastes granti Strategus aloeus* Thermonectus marmoratus* Calosoma scrutator Cicindela sexguttata* Cicindela circumpicta* Cicindela nevadica* Sagra buqueti Thanks for letting me be part of the Coleopteran Community! Tony
  5. I was curious if there was any Luanus larval keys, or if anyone had any tips to tell Lucanus elaphus from Lucanus capreolus? I found both species at Indian Cave State Park, in South Eastern Nebraska, this summer while black lighting. I also spent 3 days in the park looking for larva and found 20 larva in a log along a female Lucanus of one of the above species. They larva were about the size of a nickle when I found them and are now approaching 50 cent piece size. Waiting for them to pupate and eclose is Killing me. Also any good tips on How to tell the females apart? Thanks, Tony
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