Dynastes Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 Guess the orginal collection time for a Dynastes tityus female that represents the oldest continuous captive stock of that species (present day stock are her offspring), year, month, day, and time. It's an interesting contest because anyone who knows nothing about inverts can take a guess but a little research will allow a better guess. Second place prize for the five closest guesses is a free copy of the last issue of Invertebrates-Magazine (September 2008 Free Magazine Sept. 2008). The magazines can be shipped worldwide. If someone guesses within 15 minutes of the actual time (USA only) they can win the grand prize inculding the magazine copy, a 1.5" H. gigas and a 1.5" L.parahybana (tarantulas). Ends December 20th. Rules: One guess per person, no changes. Void where prohibited. Judging and decisions are at the sole discretion of the contest holder. Address must be provided within ten days of winning notification to claim prize. This contest is run on mantidforum and roachforum but is also open to beetleforum members. Give it a guess! Any guess is great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynastes Posted December 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 The actual date was August 20th, 1995. Winners (in order of closest): Arachyd (roachforum): Aug. 27, 1995 Katnapper (mantidforum) July 7, 1998 ismart (mantidforum): July 23rd, 1998 Frack (mantidforum) August 4 7:38 am 1998 shorty (mantidforum) August 27th, 1998 Furthest: Rosenkreiger (roachforum) June 26, 1905 The time apparently was irrelevant but was 11:21PM. PM mailing addresses within ten days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarvaHunter Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 That is pretty awesome to keep that many generations. I like how the time caught is noted to the minute. Is that stock still around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynastes Posted October 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 Still going strong, all the specimens photographed in the ultimate guide are from this line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarvaHunter Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 That is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarvaHunter Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 That is a very long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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