DynastesKing Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 What species is everyone currently working with? It would be nice to keep track of what everyone is breeding so that they may be a future resource of both specimens and information on keeping and breeding the species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCK206 Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Dynastes hercules hercules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markelangelo Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Hercules?! I am so jealous! They are my favourite beetle by far! I currently have 6 D. Granti, 3 males, 2 females and one male larva. This is my first time trying to rear beetles, but it seems to be going alright so far! I have a warrior beetle that laid an egg, the larva is doing quite well! I also have a great plains tiger, 2 ghost mantids and a couple of european mantids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 i am trying to breed a few ground beetles. i have gotten a bunch of eggs from harpalus pensylvanicus but have not seen any larva yet. have seen alot of mating in my harpalus affinis enclosure, mostly male and female but no eggs from them yet. also breeding eleodes armatus and eleodes hispilabris. i had a good sap beetle colony but it has crashed since the arrival of some weird looking mites have gotten f1 generation of tasgius melanarius (rove beetle) but they go through ALOT of isopods ( wich seems like the only thing they will eat.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardshell Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Hercules?! I am so jealous! They are my favourite beetle by far! I currently have 6 D. Granti, 3 males, 2 females and one male larva. This is my first time trying to rear beetles, but it seems to be going alright so far! I have a warrior beetle that laid an egg, the larva is doing quite well! I also have a great plains tiger, 2 ghost mantids and a couple of european mantids. picture of your warrior beetle setup would be nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 one of the harpalus pensylvanicus eggs just hatched! i put it in a small container with moist t.p. as cover and moist sand as substrate. hope i can rear it to adulthood! oops forgot to mention i put a dead eleodes larva in with it and its eating happly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfoot Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 i have 4 D.grantis larvae that im hoping will make it to adulthood. i think im doing good as when i got them they were just L1 i believe and now they are huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralZero Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 I am currently working with several Allomyrina larvae and a pair of L3 Megasoma Elephas...hoping to expand soon with Hercules Hercules and Thersites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted September 15, 2013 Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 I'm currently working with these guys (plus more) Dorcus brevis Lucanus capreolus Lucanus elaphus Platycerus oregonensis Platycerus virescens Dynastes grantii Dynastes tityus Hemiphileurus illatus Phileurus truncatus Phileurus valgus Strategus aloeus Strategus antaeus Strategus splendens Xyloryctes thestalus Forgot to mention that I also have these guys Chrysina beyeri Gymnetis caseyi Osmoderma eremicola Hoping to successfully breed all the species listed above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andee Posted September 15, 2013 Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 I am working with some Chrysina Beyeri, have around 8-9 larvae so far and a couple eggs. Hopefully will get some more out of this first generation which I haven't had for their first month. I am having some pretty good success with these beetles as it is my first time keeping anything besides roaches ^^ I haven't counted the larvae ratio recently so I might have some new eggs or larvae. Thanks to this forum I have learned so much <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Posted September 15, 2013 Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 I am working with some Chrysina Beyeri, have around 8-9 larvae so far and a couple eggs. Hopefully will get some more out of this first generation which I haven't had for their first month. I am having some pretty good success with these beetles as it is my first time keeping anything besides roaches ^^ I haven't counted the larvae ratio recently so I might have some new eggs or larvae. Thanks to this forum I have learned so much <3 would be great if you introduce yourself to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarvaHunter Posted September 15, 2013 Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 I have phileurus truncatus, 2 males, phileurus valgus 6 (I do not know how to sex them) a female strategus splendens , 6 unidentified larva, will post pics soon, 1 small wireworm, very very active, another wireworm but I am not sure it is pretty soft, and a few other beetles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwun Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Lucanus elaphus Strategus splendens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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