Search results

This ones in pre-pupa, think it's a female.......the bigger larvae are still eating like crazy!

I have two pairs of Hylus housed in a 35L breeding container. There seems to be a hell of alot of intimacy going on so I hope this will lead to eggs. I already bred these and have quite a few larvae that are now fast approaching L3. I house the larvae communally, with 5 or 6 in a 9L container...

My first one in pupa, I bred these.

A nice male, in his cell, one of 19 that I have bred from a pair. Looking forward to the next generation.

Well, here is the first of my M Harrisi to emerge. She needs a little time to mature but I reckon she's going to be a very nice adult. Here's the question ; I housed them all (10) communally and didn't have a single case of cannibalism. Would anyone like to explain this. I wrote about this on...

I've bred a few gens of these now. great beetles. This is the latest pile of eggs , the female was from Taiwan and was meant to be a blue strain, but as you can see she hatched orange! But i've put her to one of my males anyway. Be interesting to see what colour the progeny will be.

I've been lucky and have bred these and harvested 28 larvae , these have been housed seperately and I will observe their growth......I'm looking forward to trying a second generation of this beetle.

Here's a couple of pics of the D Alcides I've bred , they're just darkening nicely, matureing up and I hope to breed the second generation of these. the male is only a minor, but I'm not too bothered about that.

I got a pair shipped in early October. I housed them in a 19 litre tub and fed them on jelly with protein added. fast forward a few months and I've had a probe into the topmost log and found five larvae. I have housed these seperately in jars to monitor their progress, the rest i have left...

This is my first attempt at breeding these......I have 22 larvae

I've been breeding these for a while now, onto the 3rd gen of adults. A nice beetle, small with a quick life cycle....

Has anyone experimented with additives for stag beetle larvae, as in additional supplements in their wood substrate? Thanks

Here's one I bred earlier...

I got myself a trio of prosopocoilus giraffa, housed them together to try and get a mating as the male wouldn't attempt to mate by hand. Anyway, the other day i found the biggest female as dead as a doornail with a deep puncture straight through her. Obviously from the male! I guess i should...

Has anyone tried mixing actual powdered protein into the substrate to see if this give bigger beetles? It's something I've been thinking about and I am going to do a few experiments.

Lovely little chap!

Posing!

Just on the off-chance does anyone have any larvae they'd be willing to sell. Thanks...

Hi everyone, I'm a beetle enthusiast from England, eager to learn and breed beetles. Looks like this site is full of knowledge. Just what i was looking for. Thanks J