Cool beetle bro.

[muddymire]

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Spodistes Beltianus

 

[muddymire]

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Chrysina Aurigans

 

[muddymire]

Not my photographs. Just interesting beetles.

Show us interesting beetles….

Bro.

I will never use bro after this post. I hope I didn't take it too far.

 

[preacher2]

Very nice pictures. Does anyone breed the Spodistes Beltianus in the US?

 

[muddymire]

Not that I know of.

 

[beetlebug]

Awesome looking beetles!

 

[Acro]

One of my favorite, Duliticola "trilobite beetles". The female never leaves the larvae stage. Here are a few different species:

 

[muddymire]

Whoa! Dinosaur.

 

[JWRay]

Just a few that I would love to get my hands on some day:

Graphipterus serrator - the whole genus is very cool looking IMO

http://jcringenbach.free.fr/website/beetles/carabidae/Graphipterus_serrator.htm

Anthia sexguttata - another carabid genus full of cool beetles

http://www.zoopicture.ru/anthia-sexguttata/

And of course the mother of all Scaritinae:

http://carabidae.org/taxa/gloriosa-planipennis-pouillade-1914

I might have a slight bias towards Carabidae!

 

[Hisserdude]

Awesome pics! I wish we could get some of those trilobite beetles in the hobby.

 

[Satanas]

Spodistes is commonly kept in Japan, but out of the country it seems to be very rare in breeding

 

[muddymire]

Anthia sexguttata. New fav.

I really do like those trilobite beetles tho.

Steve do you know if they require special rearing conditions?

 

[Satanas]

they require conditions about the same as any other dynastid

 

[Acro]

These guys are cool:

 

[AlexW]

What family are they?

 

[Acro]

What family are they?

More photos and a little info:

http://www.wired.com/2011/07/fungus-farming-beetles/?viewall=true

 

[muddymire]

That Wired article is really great, thanks Acro.

Found this thing on Wikipedia - Japan

Aegopsis Curvicornis

 

[Acro]

That Wired article is really great, thanks Acro.

Found this thing on Wikipedia - Japan

Aegopsis Curvicornis

Welcome!

That is an amazing beetle! Looks like an ox-rhino!

 

[Greatwun]

One of my favorite, Duliticola "trilobite beetles". The female never leaves the larvae stage. Here are a few different species:

WOW!! Now those are beautiful beetles!