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Lucanus

Lucanus

Lucanus
Found more P. truncatus
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Well, if you do succeed in breeding them and decide to offer some for sale - keep us informed.
Although I am sure you will not have any problems finding people who are interested in them
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Very nice batch of larvae, by the way! They are not canibbalistic?

 
wizentrop said:
Well, if you do succeed in breeding them and decide to offer some for sale - keep us informed.

Although I am sure you will not have any problems finding people who are interested in them
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Very nice batch of larvae, by the way! They are not canibbalistic?
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I've actually got request from several people to sell me the offsprings when I do succeed in breeding. lol

They don't seem to be cannibalistic but the adult I caught with these guys ate two larvae
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Hmm... Here in Missouri, I come across Phileurus valgus every once in a while.

One thing I observed from my first failed attempt at keeping them as pets was that they will become cannibalistic if they don't have enough food.

I'm thinking your Phileurus truncatus are probably very similar in that regard.

So, I guess my advice to anyone trying to take care of them is to ensure food is always present in their containers, else the darker side of Darwinism will rear its ugly head.

Cheers

P.S. - While I never had the opportunity to try it, I think adding waxworms to the diets of the adults might be worth a try in order to help shut down that cannibalistic instinct.

 
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Bill Myers said:
I'm thinking your Phileurus truncatus are probably very similar in that regard.

Cheers

P.S. - While I never had the opportunity to try it, I think adding waxworms to the diets of the adults might be worth a try in order to help shut down that cannibalistic instinct.
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Yep, I'm keeping both P. valgus and P. truncatus right now and they both feed on insects.

Interestingly, these guys can also feed on dog foods so I've been feeding mine with moist dog foods for the past few months. They seem to like it
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I had this species for seven generations but lost the last generation after a failed experiment augmenting larval size through additives (they grew huge but the wingcases did not close correctly and they ate each other). I would suggest against dog food for conditioning females you hope will lay eggs, and strongly against so called protein jellies that will starve the adults and cause them to kill each other after a while. I tried to offer various particulars on rearing this species in For the Love, I-M, and the ultimate guide.

 
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Orin said:
I had this species for seven generations but lost the last generation after a failed experiment augmenting larval size through additives (they grew huge but the wingcases did not close correctly and they ate each other). I would suggest against dog food for conditioning females you hope will lay eggs, and strongly against so called protein jellies that will starve the adults and cause them to kill each other after a while. I tried to offer various particulars on rearing this species in For the Love, I-M, and the ultimate guide.
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I'm keeping all the adults separate from each other so hopefully they won't get chance to kill each other
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I have no insects to feed them right now so I'll probably have to stick with moistened dog food until I get some live bugs to feed them.

I've noticed that all the Phileurini I have have stopped laying eggs since September so I guess I won't be getting any more eggs this year
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Orin said:
The latest I ever collected eggs for this species over the years was November 5th
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Shoot. I should have saved up some substrate for breeding these guys than. I used my last remaining substrate on the larvae I collected few days ago.

 
I guess failing to get eggs this year is inevitable for me in my current state.

I have two females right now so hopefully, they'll start laying eggs next year when I prepare good substrates for them
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