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Phil Kuhns

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  1. well I can say the container is bigger than it looks in the picture:) I dont know anything about dorcus p. so idk what instar they are but they are pretty small (about 3/4 of an inch stretched out). not really in the mood to dig them up and photograph them at present:D
  2. So today while scavaging the woods behind my hows I managed to acquire 3 dorcus parallelus grubs. Never had much interest in the species but I figured I could just experiment in trying to raise them. because the rotten log I found them lodged in was 70% termite/millipede/other stupid stuff infested (it surprised me to find them alive), It was hard to acquire large enough chunks of the same log to try to keep the grubs in (my initial intent being to keep them in what i found them in so they could mature naturally and so I would have to worry about caring for then incorrectly). However, I decided to bring the grubs and best pieces of the log to my home where I thoroughly microwaved the chunks of wood and pounded them to a very fine consistency. I then poured said substrate into a 32oz plastic container and used a mallet to compact it as much as possible. finally, I poked 3 holes in the packed wood all the way to the bottom, put the grubs in the holes, and put the lid on:) No idea about whats going to happen but Id like some feedback about my method and even more so, some suggestions about how to do this successfully. looks something like this:)
  3. very well conducted! Im curious to see the result. I think Orin is right though just cuz he has many many years of experience working with tityus. guess we'll see though
  4. How do you know its ready to make a cell? mabey that can help me to know if mine are ready. what specifically inferred it was ready?
  5. The reason I think its close is cuz it is way ahead of its siblings growthwise. Ive estimated based on when their individual 1, 2, and 3 instar molts took place and other peoples records of when tityus tipically build cells that The fastest growing grub I have is scheduled to build a cell close to 12 months, two others close to 16, and the last close to 18. could be wrong but that biggest one has been L3 since november..
  6. K so one of my dynastes tityus larvae is over a year old and quite yellow in color but I dont know when it will build a pupal cell. what I am afraid of is that the substrate its in now is not suitable for building pupal cells so I cant tell if its just not ready yet or if it wont build one due to the substrate. I can change it anytime, I just dont know when. Right now the substrate is good for eating but wouldnt be so much if I changed it to pure compost manure for cell building and I wouldnt want to do that too early. what should I do?
  7. Yeah I had to wait. it was pretty annoying. after several days I emailed the hosts and asked about it and it only took another day after that. I think the wait depends on how often they check their email! XD
  8. Ill take full responsibility!
  9. hehe... actually I tried using mostly my own knowledge (저는 한국어 공부해요^^). Im sure it wasnt totally correct. How would a native speaker say it??
  10. 그 딱정벌레가 수컷의 정말 인상적아요!
  11. I catch the adults all the time for fun. never gone looking for larva holes though! Ive tried to keep adults in captivity before and they dont do to well. They always are so desperate to escape (constantly running against the wall of the container during the day). eventually I end up feeling bad for them and let them go besides that they are super quick and can fly which makes them tricky to contain.
  12. I keep origami hissing cockroaches! =D
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