Hello Everyone,
I always read about making substrate with oak or beech, and I would if I could, but I live in Brazil, and none of these trees grow here. Usually I can buy purplehearth, ipê, jatobá and other very hard woods for next to nothing (i.e. two dollar for a 3 meter slab), but I have never heard of anyone using them, or any other wood besides european or north american species.
Does anyone have any kind of information if they would work or not? Or what woods tropical beetles naturally use as their substrate? I can't find this information anywhere, but I am pretty sure that Brazilian lucanids and rhinos live off something that grows here (obviously).
Thanks for the help and sorry if it got too confusing.
I always read about making substrate with oak or beech, and I would if I could, but I live in Brazil, and none of these trees grow here. Usually I can buy purplehearth, ipê, jatobá and other very hard woods for next to nothing (i.e. two dollar for a 3 meter slab), but I have never heard of anyone using them, or any other wood besides european or north american species.
Does anyone have any kind of information if they would work or not? Or what woods tropical beetles naturally use as their substrate? I can't find this information anywhere, but I am pretty sure that Brazilian lucanids and rhinos live off something that grows here (obviously).
Thanks for the help and sorry if it got too confusing.