balakao Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Hi all, In advance, sorry for my bad english! My name is Adrien and i live in France near Paris. I found your forum by looking fotos of lucanus species. After breeding many insectes i'm specialized today in Lucanus ssp but i like too dynastidaes and cetonidaes. This is my breeding list : Lucanus cervus cervus Lucanus cervus akbesianus Lucanus cervus judaicus Lucanus elaphus Lucanus tibetanus Katsurai Lucanus maculifemoratus taiwanus Lucanus maculifemoratus maculifemoratus Megasoma elephas elephas Stephanocrates preussi Dynastes hercules septentrionalis. I found some some good breeding report on this forum thank you . Bye. Adrien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 a lot of lucanus there you should try to post some pictures if you can it would be great! Welcome to the forum Adrien! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balakao Posted August 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Hi thanks you Some pictures of my breeding for you. Beautifull akbesianus from Japan : 91mm. 57 and 58mm after 1,5 years of breeding Japanese breeding specimen of lucanus cervus judaicus : after some months... Lucanus cervus judaicus after 3 years, my record, 90MM. But sometimes i have problem (dead specimen), it's hard to have good condition... To be continued... Adrien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Welcome to the forums! Nice beetles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Awesome Adrien! Beautiful species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwun Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Very cool. I'm currently raising Lucanus elaphus which is my favorite of all the Lucanus species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balakao Posted August 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Hi thanks for your welcome! If you love lucanus elaphus, my best record is 58mm for a larvae of 10 gams. Even if the length-weight relationship is variable, i think that 10/12 grams it's great to have a mâle of 55mm/60mm and more. The best thing to breed with succeed lucanus sp is not the quality of wood but the temperature... Japanese breeder use low température between 15 and 18 degrees to have a long larvae cycle and get major spécimens. Adrien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizentrop Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Those are some impressive Lucanus! Wow thanks for sharing and welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarvaHunter Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Welcome, That Akbesianus is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balakao Posted August 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 Hi, Yes nice akbesianus, it does not come from my breeding (japanese import), i have already seen an akbesianus of 98MM... It's enormous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 thanks for the tips on Lucanus Elaphus, gonna try to do lower temps next time i get the larva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarvaHunter Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Do you feed your lucanus larva any kinshi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balakao Posted August 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Hi, no lucanus sp don't like kinshi... i have already tryed kinshi for lucanus cervus cervus and larvaes died.... Japanese breeder use fermented wood i think, but kinshi is good for many other lucanidaes..; Dorcus, phalacrognathus, odontolabis, prosopocoilus... I have already try to give some fish food for my larvaes and the restul was good but it is better with good quality wood and low temperatures... High temperatures cause pupation and if the cycle is short imago will be small... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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