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Bill Myers

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  • Birthday 06/03/1963

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  1. Just make sure you don't over-water them. I like to just moisten the substrate.
  2. Never seen that. What type of beetles are they?
  3. Thanks, Ratmosphere. ---- Chuck4th: I don't know what the record sizes are for D. tityus. There used to be a Japanese website that tracked that information, but the website isn't up anymore. That being said, the largest female D. tityus I've personally ever encountered before was a wild caught one which I came across last year. She was 48 mm long. So, based on my own personal experience, I'm pretty sure I've got a monster beetle on my hands! LOL It would be cool if we had a thread where we could document our captive bred monster beetles and keep a running score of the record holders at the top of the page. ---- philipee32: Agreed! ---- Okay, now for some tragic news. My D. tityus L2's are dying!: http://beetleforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2652&hl=
  4. Attaching the measurement here. 52 mm long, 11.875 grams.
  5. Okay, this is my experimental D. tityus that I kept at around 60-65 degrees Fahrenheit all throughout her larval an pupal stages. The only food source I used for her was rotting wood that I collected from the woods near my house. As you can see, she's a monster! Total time from a hatchling to an adult was 23 months---which probably would have been a lot longer had I not gotten impatient and decided to open the pupal cell. I could see her progress in the pupal chamber through the bottom of the jar, so I knew where she was at in her development. After she emerged from her exuvia, I gave her a couple of weeks to harden up a little and then opened up the pupal cell to release her. Based on this experiment, I'm going to keep about 10 of my D. tityus larvae at the lowered temps of 60 to 65 degrees F, and see if they also grow bigger than the ones kept around 70 to 75 degrees F.
  6. Thanks, Hisserdude and Satanas. Yeah, I think you're right. It might have been the humidity factor. I didn't have the venus flytrap completely enclosed to keep the humidity levels way up there. The top of the terrarium was completely open. I'll try fully enclosing the venus flytrap to up the humidity level next time. Cheers
  7. Wow, that's a cool looking pitcher plant! I tried my hand, again, on a venus flytrap this past spring. I've been told that my previous failures were due to using tap water, so I used distilled water this time around. Still ended up with a dead venus flytrap after a few weeks. Grrr!!! I dunno'... I think I'll stick with beetles...
  8. Excellent info, Lucanus! Yup, I figured it had to do with pores expanding and contracting, but I hadn't even thought about how the diffraction of light plays a role in it, too! Cheers
  9. Yup, I've wondered that myself. My thoughts are that it's akin to rotting wood going from dark brown to a light tan color when it dries out.
  10. Well, it depends on the species and what stage of development. When I'm away for a week, I make sure all my Dynastes larvae have plenty of fresh substrate and my adults have plenty of beetle jellies along with watered down maple syrup to hold them over until I return. Cheers
  11. I'd have to say they look a lot like Bolbocerosoma confusum to me. Nice find! I don't think Bugguide.net has any data on these in Kansas. You might want to upload your pictures there and see what they say. Cheers
  12. Happy birthday Bill!

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      Bill Myers

      Thanks, Hisserdude!

       

      Cheers

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