wizentrop Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Lots of glowing headlights... good breeding results this year!(and about 30 more adults are waiting to emerge from the soil) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pannaking22 Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Very cool! Congrats on getting all the adults! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clausen Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 What? I've seen those in the wild a couple times but you're captive breeding them? That's amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmosphere Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 That is so sick dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Beautiful! How are you keeping/breeding them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipee32 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 I've never seen those scary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacknova84 Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 This is so cool!!! Congrats btw, and those are some beautiful specimens ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck4th Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Hey! Caught a few like these last night. Â We're in South Texas, where are these from? Â What do they eat, when do they lay eggs, what should I use for substrate, etc? Â Where is info about them? Â Thanks a bunch! Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Whatever you caught is not what these are, these come from Ecuador. Yours are probably Deilelater physoderus, see here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/173539 They are somewhat closely related to the ones on this topic. I would feed the adults fruit, such as apples, or oranges. Keep them on coconut fiber, maybe with some rotten wood and dead leaves mixed in. As for rearing the larva, I don't know, I've never kept species from this tribe. Most click beetle larva will eat the rotten wood and leaves, along with some dog food. However, some species, for example Alaus sp, are highly predacious and cannibalistic and will need to be separated or you will end up with one or two very well fed larva. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwun Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 That is awesome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck4th Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 That's them exactly. One of the photos is even captioned within 20 miles of here.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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