Pyrophorus noctilucus

[wizentrop]

Lots of glowing headlights... good breeding results this year!
(and about 30 more adults are waiting to emerge from the soil)

 

[pannaking22]

Very cool! Congrats on getting all the adults!

 

[Peter Clausen]

What? I've seen those in the wild a couple times but you're captive breeding them? That's amazing!

 

[Ratmosphere]

That is so sick dude!

 

[Hisserdude]

Beautiful! How are you keeping/breeding them?

 

[philipee32]

I've never seen those scary

 

[blacknova84]

This is so cool!!! Congrats btw, and those are some beautiful specimens !

 

[Chuck4th]

Hey! Caught a few like these last night.

We're in South Texas, where are these from?

What do they eat, when do they lay eggs, what should I use for substrate, etc?

Where is info about them?

Thanks a bunch!

Chuck

 

[Hisserdude]

Whatever you caught is not what these are, these come from Ecuador. Yours are probably Deilelater physoderus, see here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/173539 They are somewhat closely related to the ones on this topic. I would feed the adults fruit, such as apples, or oranges. Keep them on coconut fiber, maybe with some rotten wood and dead leaves mixed in. As for rearing the larva, I don't know, I've never kept species from this tribe. Most click beetle larva will eat the rotten wood and leaves, along with some dog food. However, some species, for example Alaus sp, are highly predacious and cannibalistic and will need to be separated or you will end up with one or two very well fed larva.

 

[Greatwun]

That is awesome!!!

 

[Chuck4th]

That's them exactly. One of the photos is even captioned within 20 miles of here..