Newly emerged Strategus aloeus male
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Nice looking male!
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Ryan Minard
Eudicella
Beautiful. Any tips on these? My cousin has some larvae he believes to be Strategus and he finds aloeus more than antaeus. It's kind of odd because he is in Florida. They aren't known to be more common than antaeus there. Guess it's just the area he is in!?
Lucanus
Lucanus
Hmmm... Is he in northern part of the Florida? I haven't seen any record of S. aloeus from southern Florida but they seem to live in northern part.
Larvae prefer compost piles so if you found them in the compost pile, than use that compost pile as the substrate. Also, put some pieces of dead wood so that larvae can munch on it. They can be reared in similar way as Dynastes tityus
Ryan Minard
Eudicella
He lives in central fl. Near Lakeland. Strange, right? I can send some pix.
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Ryan Minard
Eudicella
I'll take some of mine and get him to take some as well. It could be a misidentification though. I'll get him to photograph his male and ill get the females.
Is this one?
Or is it Splendens?
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Lucanus
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I'll take some of mine and get him to take some as well. It could be a misidentification though. I'll get him to photograph his male and ill get the females.
Is this one?
Or is it Splendens?
It is really hard to see which species this is but the abdomen shape appears to resemble more of the splendense male. But I am not really certain.
Do you have more pictures? I need to see the underside as well
Ryan Minard
Eudicella
No I've seen none of these here. But I have no luck with strategus In my entire life. It's strange, I never see them. I'll send more pictures soon.
Thanks for helping out, I'll get back to ya.
Thanks for helping out, I'll get back to ya.
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Ryan Minard
Eudicella
BREAKTHROUGH! THEY DO GET IT IN CENTRAL FLORIDA! There is a record from Lakeland, which is very close to Winter Haven and I collected there when I was visiting to tell you the truth, a few times. Bout 30 minutes away.
A MINOR MALE
From bugguide:
ANOTHER specimen which is not from Lakeland I just wanted this view:
My cousin found a minor male aswell...
A MINOR MALE
From bugguide:
ANOTHER specimen which is not from Lakeland I just wanted this view:
My cousin found a minor male aswell...
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Lucanus
Lucanus
BREAKTHROUGH! THEY DO GET IT IN CENTRAL FLORIDA! There is a record from Lakeland, which is very close to Winter Haven and I collected there when I was visiting to tell you the truth, a few times. Bout 30 minutes away.
A MINOR MALE
From bugguide:
ANOTHER specimen which is not from Lakeland I just wanted this view:
My cousin found a minor male aswell...
First two pictures are misidentified specimen of S. antaeus. You can tell that by looking at their elytra. If you look through bug guide, you can find some misidentified species in the guide. lol
I can't see if the last male is S. antaeus or not. I need much better picture.
Ryan Minard
Eudicella
Maybe that was wrong but I just got some female specimen pictures...
I'm sorry but you can't deny the fact that this is not antaeus and most likely not splendens by the thorax shape.
Compare the TX specimen to the Florida one.
TEXAS SPECIMEN
CENTRAL FLORIDA SPECIMEN
I'm sorry but you can't deny the fact that this is not antaeus and most likely not splendens by the thorax shape.
Compare the TX specimen to the Florida one.
TEXAS SPECIMEN
CENTRAL FLORIDA SPECIMEN
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Lucanus
Lucanus
You can't determine whether this specimen is splendense male or aloeus female by looking at the thorax. Haven't you seen the picture of the male of splendense? You have to check the genitalia or the shape of the abdomen and elytra.Maybe that was wrong but I just got some female specimen pictures...
I'm sorry but you can't deny the fact that this is not antaeus and most likely not splendens by the thorax shape.
Compare the TX specimen to the Florida one.
TEXAS SPECIMEN
CENTRAL FLORIDA SPECIMEN
Why isn't there any closeup pictures? It is really hard to determine the species by looking at this distance.