Allomyrina dichotoma pupating

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I heard that this species pupate upwards, but one of mine pupated side ways, is this normal?

 
I think this depends on the container you are keeping them in. I used to have them pupating upwards all the time, and I was using tall containers.

 
On the subject of this species, how long did your larva of this species take to enter the stage of pupation? Sorry if I'm going off topic.

 
In my breeding it took the larvae 8 months to complete their growth. They are fast relative to other dynastids.

 
Ah, I see. I'm just curious about when my A.dichotoma larvae are supposed to pupate. They're both in the mature L3 stage apparently, and I've had them for around a month and a half I believe.

 
usually they pupate when the season comes, which is usually around march-june

 
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On the subject of A.dichotoma, I happened to catch a glimpse of one of my larvae earlier and their abdomen appears to have gotten quite dark in colour. Is this indicative of anything?

 
On second thoughts, comparing it to my other larva, it was probably just me. I think it was just the lighting at the time. However, one of my larvae is has a comparably more yellowish hue to it than the other one. Is this just a general colouration thing or anything else? I heard somewhere larvae start to turn yellow around the time they get ready to pupate. Anyway, I attached an image:

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Sorry it's not the best quality.

 
if you see dark circles at the bottom of the container, leave them be. they are making pupal cells/ ready to pupate.

 
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