Greatwun Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 That is a big girl! Mine were moving around but measurements I got of the three females were 36mm, 37mm, and 40mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 That is a big girl! Mine were moving around but measurements I got of the three females were 36mm, 37mm, and 40mm. Those are nice size I wonder how big my other 4 specimens are. I'm going to measure them today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwun Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 My larvae range between 9.5-15 grams. Most between 11.5-14 grams. I tried to sex the larvae and if I did it correctly I noticed that usually the females weigh more than the males. I have a group from one tree and most of the females are around 13 grams or more, where as most of the males are around 11-12 grams. I also have some dried specimens and found the pronotum of the females are wider across than the males. I will post my data in the future near pupation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted January 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 My larvae range between 9.5-15 grams. Most between 11.5-14 grams. I tried to sex the larvae and if I did it correctly I noticed that usually the females weigh more than the males. I have a group from one tree and most of the females are around 13 grams or more, where as most of the males are around 11-12 grams. I also have some dried specimens and found the pronotum of the females are wider across than the males. I will post my data in the future near pupation. That's an interesting observation It might be handy when it comes to sexing them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted January 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Once again, the forest where I collected yielded another batch of P. truncatus larvae and an adult. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pannaking22 Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Man, you're just finding those everywhere! Good way to get a colony going though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwun Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 You can find them almost anywhere if you know where to look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Some of the larvae have made pupal cells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pannaking22 Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Hurray for pupal cells! How many larvae do you have? I'm guessing there have been a lot of deli cups involved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted March 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Hurray for pupal cells! How many larvae do you have? I'm guessing there have been a lot of deli cups involved If I remember correctly, I have 31 larvae right now. Out of those, 9 of them were isolated into deli cups cause they were close to maturity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted March 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Two pupated so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pannaking22 Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Awesome, looks like things are going well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted March 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Awesome, looks like things are going well! Indeed! Looks like I'll be getting some adults in a month or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetle-Experience Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 Lucanus - did you find these in an upright, rotten hardwood? This is how I find them usually, and will find one or two adults with a cache of larvae. I downed three, still-standing rotten trees a few weeks ago and collected one adult and 6 grubs. Good luck! Steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted March 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 Lucanus - did you find these in an upright, rotten hardwood? This is how I find them usually, and will find one or two adults with a cache of larvae. I downed three, still-standing rotten trees a few weeks ago and collected one adult and 6 grubs. Good luck! Steven That's exactly how I found mine! Seems that Phileurini loves still standing trees. Even Asian ones are found in tree cavities and rotting still standing trees. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted March 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 These are some pics I took 4 days ago. All of them are pupae now Interestingly, my first batch all turned out to be females (I think), while all the second batch larvae turned into males 2nd batch : 1st batch : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted March 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Crap! I made a mistake. Two of the pupae from second batch were actually females. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amici Con Coleotteri Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Congratulations on your success thus far! Those are some gorgeous babies (like there's an ugly beetle hahaha) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted March 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Congratulations on your success thus far! Those are some gorgeous babies (like there's an ugly beetle hahaha) Thank you Ya, all beetles look pretty or handsome to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amici Con Coleotteri Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 I agree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwun Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 You should have some adults in no time! How long after they emerge do you think they'll start feeding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted March 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 You should have some adults in no time! How long after they emerge do you think they'll start feeding? Usually, smaller Phileurini species start feeding in less than a month after emergence, but these guys might take longer due to their large size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwun Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 That's what I was thinking. They don't move around much when they first emerge. After a week they are now a bit more active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted May 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 I've been getting number of adults emerge in the past few weeks. Here's pics of two that emerged first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinegaroonie Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 What species are these again? And where did you find them? They are gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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