Greatwun Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 This is the only D. tityus I have ever found in FL. I found him back around February outside of East Orlando. Hes been growing much quicker than all of my other D. tityus larvae. All of my other D. tityus larvae are between 16-22 grams but this big boy just pushed 27 grams not too long ago. I hope he will get a little bigger before he pupates. I never feed any special supplements to my larvae. Only decayed leaves and wood that is collected locally. It will be interesting to see how big he will be once he becomes an adult. Has anyone else raised any huge D. tityus before? Here's a Comparison pic of the 27 gram larva next to one that is 17 grams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Nice job! I had a larva that reached 30g before pupation, and it turned out to be a 69mm male! Hopefully, yours will gain more weight and grow bigger than mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwun Posted October 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 I remember that D. tityus from your other thread. I would love if mine came anywhere close to that! I'm hoping to breed him and he passes on his genes to the offspring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarvaHunter Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Wow, that guy has grown big. That's really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwun Posted October 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Wow, that guy has grown big. That's really good. Yes. It would be cool if he got a little bigger but he is already turning yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmosphere Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Wow, I can only hope my Dynastes Tityus larvae can grow to this size. *Applause* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 30 g is a pretty impressive weight for d.t. I had a group of dt larvae all of them pupated before they reached 20g. Super! http://beetlesaspets.blogspot.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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