All About Arthropods

Marvelous!!! It is probably one of the greatest mysteries to man (or at least myself) why these have not been established in culture yet! I'll be crossing my fingers that yours is a female and that if so, she gives you many eggs.

No problem. Yea, definitely not BDF beetle type lifespans, but still on the longer side compared to some of the other inverts in the hobby. Fair enough; I like culturing everything I have because it lets me witness the change in each species as they grow, gives me pretty much an endless supply of each species, leaves me with a surplus that I can either trade or sell away, and, in the relatively unlikely scenario that a species goes extinct in the wild, it will still be preserved in captivity. I do understand that it takes more work, but that's the way I look at it.

Indeed, like @AlexW said, Hisserdue has a detailed care sheet for them on his blog which is definitely worth checking out: invertebratedude.blogspot.com/p/care-sheets.html I'm currently using the "pupation in situ" method for mine, in which the larvae can safely pupate together. It consists of a 27 qt. container with about 6 inches of substrate (mix of about 70% coconut fiber and 30% sand) and a few halfed paper towel rolls for hides. I don't keep a lid on the container to allow for max ventilation. I allow about the top 1/5 of substrate to dry out, but much more than that and the adults start dying since they're very sensitive to lack of moisture, so it's probably ideal to keep it pretty much completely moist. This method of culturing them requires that the larval population doesn't exceed a certain density as they will run out of space and start burrowing into the lowest levels of the substrate where the mature larvae are supposed to pupate if it gets too large.

I really like the new and upbeat look, the only thing that would be nice is if the background was a different color just so things look a little less similar to Mantidforum. Besides that, I think things look great!

I'm starting one up, but beetles aren't one of the main focuses.

Welcome! Glad you made your way over here!

Not sure, but I think most people just ship them to themselves.

Very cool, I love vinegaroons and actually have a pair myself. That appears to be a male though, due to the slim body and large pedipalps. Females have smaller, more compact pedipalps and are usually a bit bulkier.

That sucks.

I agree with wizentrop, these do good in captivity. I keep S.vicinus and have already got them to lay 2 eggs, which have hatched and since then the larvae have each molted to L2. I give them dead A.vulgare a lot and they can easily eat them. They absolutely love to burrow! Usually the only time I see them is at night, the rest of the time they are in their neatly constructed and very interesting burrows. I'm planning on letting mine go though( might still keep the 2 larvae) so I can make some room for some new large and cool insects.

Cool! They look really nice with the hairs and the round body shape! How large are they?

Welcome to the forum! Those are two great species!

Hi Everyone! I wanted to know if anyone has heard about yellowish-white liquid coming out of grapevine beetles' back side? I have two females and they both do that, just wanted to know if something was wrong with them or if it is normal. Thanks!

Ok, Thanks!

Cool, that's a decent amount of time. In your expierience with them do they fly alot if taken out? Thanks!