Phloeodes diabolicus and Ampedus cordifer

[kellakk]

I found these two species together in oak woodland, and set up a place for them to (hopefully) breed.

Well, there you go! They're a little out of focus, I know. I wish I had a macro lens.

 

[Lucanus]

Nice pics and species. Hope u do get eggs from both

 

[kellakk]

I just realised this now, but if you look at the second picture there's an insect crawling on the beetle's back! I wonder what it is, I'll have look for it when I get home.

 

[Jordan]

Nice!

What is on the small rock in the first two pictures?

 

[kellakk]

It's actually a piece of dog food that I let fungus grow on, in the hopes that they'd eat it. No luck, apparently.

 

[Matt]

For the Ampedus species, try a big lump of red-rot oak, this is the habitat for many "red" Ampedus species.

 

[kellakk]

For the Ampedus species, try a big lump of red-rot oak, this is the habitat for many "red" Ampedus species.

Thanks for the advice, I'll put some in there.

 

[Oak]

u can also use mushrooms, i tried it and they love it.

Shiitake or oyster usually

 

[kellakk]

Yeah, I've given them various forms of fungi to experiment. They liked white mushrooms, and seem to be eating the fungi that I collected in their habitat.

 

[pannaking22]

Good luck with the breeding! Both are very cool species!