How to breed Aeolus sp?

Hisserdude

Hisserdude

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I caught 6 click beetles ( Aeolus species ) the other day. i have seen them mating and would like to get larva from them. will they lay eggs in coco fiber/eco earth? does the substrate need to be moist or dry? and what do the larva eat? i have been feeding the adults dog food and bits of apple. sorry for all the questions.
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As far as i know, larvae of this genus are vegetarians. So what I would do is keep the adults in moist eco earth with potatoes buried under the substrate.

 
I just moved them to a bigger cage so I can put a potato in with them, and in their substrate I found little click beetle larva! Hopefully I can rear them to adults!
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Turns out these larva look like mini Alaus sp grubs, and act like them too! What started a dozen larva has turned into 2. Oh well, lol.

 
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Well, I'm gonna try to breed these again, found a couple of adults and 3 larva, here are some pictures.

Adults.

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Larva

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Hopefully I'll do better this time!
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That's cool you got them to lay eggs. I've kept different click beetle larvae that I find, now when I catch a live metallic click beetle I will put it in a container with sub.

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Thanks! If you do try to breed some click beetles I would love to see some pictures. Not enough people keep these guys, in my opinion they are a very cool group of beetles. The lack of interest probably has to do with the fact that most click beetles are really small, and drab colored.

 
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