Hemiphileurus illatus

[Peter Clausen]

Good news...my single Hemiphileurus illatus has now laid 9 eggs! I placed a piece of dog food in its container a few days ago and it ate the entire thing in 2 days. I have also been feeding it fruit and sugar-water mixture. Today I blended some of that mixture with some roach guts. Hopefully she eats it up because I don't want to smell it tomorrow

 

[shoegazer]

Good news...my single <i>Hemiphileurus illatus</i> has now laid 9 eggs! I placed a piece of dog food in its container a few days ago and it ate the entire thing in 2 days. I have also been feeding it fruit and sugar-water mixture. Today I blended some of that mixture with some roach guts. Hopefully she eats it up because I don't want to smell it tomorrow <img src="http://beetleforum.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

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Nice work Peter, congrats!

 

[Peter Clausen]

Thanks Shoegazer and now they're hatching into surprisingly transparent little larvae!

 

[Dynastes]

What are you feeding them, mostly rotten wood or leaves? Is 9 the final total?

 

[Peter Clausen]

Wood/leaf mixture of oak (in compost substrate) for larvae. The female is still alive. I've harvested eggs twice now for a total of about 15.

Do they need a protein component in the early instars?

 

[Dynastes]

I'd avoid any sort of protein for larvae of Phileurini.

 

[Dynastes]

What ever happened to these?

 

[Peter Clausen]

I'm not sure...I haven't looked at them in a long time which is probably indicative of their status.