Dynastes tityus

Goliathus

Goliathus

Pachnoda
A couple of nice Dynastes tityus males that I had emerge today - huge size, and with great horn development; some of the best examples of this species that I've ever produced.  They took around 14 months to go from eggs to adult emergence - 

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I think I might have missed the record by less than 2 mm.  I've seen a super-exceptional 70.75 mm tityus, but don't know if this species is able to exceed that.  In any case, anything between 65-70 mm can be considered an exceptional size for tityus.  Over the years, I've produced many 60-65 mm specimens, but the 66-69 mm range have been considerably fewer in number.  This seems to be the way it is with a lot of beetle species; there's an "average" maximum size, and then anything beyond that only constitutes a quite small percentage of a population.  This happens both in the wild and in captive rearing.

 
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These are absolutely incredible! When you get individuals of this size, what do you do with them? Do you keep them as breeding stock, or "preserve" them as fresh as possible? Absolutely phenomenal job here. 

 
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