Oak Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 I hope to successfully breed these guys this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilightpaladin Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Did you catch those yourself or purchase them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Posted April 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 i purchased a pair last year, bred them, and now the larva became this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailblazr80 Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Wow, that male is beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Absolutely stunning! Good luck with breeding them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amici Con Coleotteri Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Soooo jealous! Congrats and best of luck!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwun Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Very nice metallic sheen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Myers Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 i purchased a pair last year, bred them, and now the larva became this. I thought you might be interested in THIS. Cheers P.S. - There's a correction to that paper which hasn't been incorporated, yet: "Expression of Cmdsx in mandibles of large males was at most 1.3 times that of mandibles in small males (during Stage 2; Fig. 3C)" This should be corrected to "Expression of Cmdsx in mandibles of large males was at most 1.3 times that of mandibles in small males (during Stage 4; Fig. 3C)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Posted April 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Posted April 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 I thought you might be interested in THIS. Cheers P.S. - There's a correction to that paper which hasn't been incorporated, yet: "Expression of Cmdsx in mandibles of large males was at most 1.3 times that of mandibles in small males (during Stage 2; Fig. 3C)" This should be corrected to "Expression of Cmdsx in mandibles of large males was at most 1.3 times that of mandibles in small males (during Stage 4; Fig. 3C)" thanks for the link! very interesting to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pannaking22 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 Good luck with the breeding! Awesome species! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarvaHunter Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Bill, There is another paper by the same team that I was looking at a few months ago, while researching chemical ways to grow majors. The title of the paper is Juvenile hormone regulates extreme mandible growth in male stag beetles. The experiment uses C. Metallifer beetles as well. Juvenile hormone has been used as well to make silk moths go into an L4s and be much larger. Fenoxycarb is (JGH) they show the amounts they use and pictures of the treated and untreated pupae and beetles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Myers Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Bill, There is another paper by the same team that I was looking at a few months ago, while researching chemical ways to grow majors. The title of the paper is Juvenile hormone regulates extreme mandible growth in male stag beetles. The experiment uses C. Metallifer beetles as well. Juvenile hormone has been used as well to make silk moths go into an L4s and be much larger. Fenoxycarb is (JGH) they show the amounts they use and pictures of the treated and untreated pupae and beetles. Cool!!! Thanks for the heads up. I'll root around the net for it. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Great job, Dav! Hope u get tons of eggs from that pair Now aim for 60mm+ male this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Posted June 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 Great job, Dav! Hope u get tons of eggs from that pair Now aim for 60mm+ male this year Thanks Alan! Update: saw them mating, let the breeding begin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amici Con Coleotteri Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Nice! Best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 got 17 eggs so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amici Con Coleotteri Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Woah! Go little lady!!! Best of luck dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acro Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Those are amazing! Good Luck with them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Posted June 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 out of those 17 eggs, 15 hatched. she also laid 4 more eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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