Hisserdude Posted October 14, 2016 Report Posted October 14, 2016 Beautiful man, just beautiful! Quote
Ratmosphere Posted October 15, 2016 Author Report Posted October 15, 2016 Here are some better angles. Quote
Hisserdude Posted October 15, 2016 Report Posted October 15, 2016 Here are some better angles. FullSizeRender-5.jpg FullSizeRender-6.jpg Very nice man, hope you get some young from them! Quote
Shepherd of beetles Posted October 15, 2016 Report Posted October 15, 2016 How did you get ahold of them? Quote
Ratmosphere Posted October 18, 2016 Author Report Posted October 18, 2016 Look at my female today and it's dead. It was separated from the male. This is so frustrating. I invested so much money in supplies and in the beetles. Quote
MWAInverts Posted October 18, 2016 Report Posted October 18, 2016 That's a sad situation. I've been in that spot before but the sellers I've worked with always sent replacements. Unfortunate to hear this happened to you, sometimes adults just don't ship well from their 'origins'. Quote
Ratmosphere Posted October 18, 2016 Author Report Posted October 18, 2016 We worked something out, hopefully this female will be okay. Quote
Bizeljulien Posted October 23, 2016 Report Posted October 23, 2016 One off my favorite too. Great looking, strong and full of testosterone. A little too aggressive and sharp to handle but what a pleasure to take care. Good luck with your new female. Quote
Ratmosphere Posted October 29, 2016 Author Report Posted October 29, 2016 Thanks! Just received the new female today. Looks good! Hope to get them breeding soon. Quote
Ratmosphere Posted November 21, 2016 Author Report Posted November 21, 2016 Been trying to breed them for a while but no luck just yet. Hopefully within the next month I will have success. Quote
Ratmosphere Posted December 31, 2016 Author Report Posted December 31, 2016 Un-succesfull breed. The male fails to mount the female every time. This led to the female losing a lot of body parts. I wonder if long generations of inbreeding these caused this. They are very slow and unresponsive rhinoceros beetles all of the time. Hopefully, next time I pick up this species from a different vendor, I hope to have a successful breed. Quote
Shade of Eclipse Posted January 1, 2017 Report Posted January 1, 2017 Did you provide them with a sturdy object such as a log so that the male could grip down properly? The females of rhinoceros beetles also tend to be more receptive to mating if they're feeding. Males wait at food sources and defend them in order to mate with females that arrive to feed. A male successful in defending a food source that the female has access to would probably be more attractive as a mate.It's probably not that the female actively determines that the male is a viable mate, but the increase in blood sugar levels and a change in insulin levels or levels of other hormones that make the female more receptive to mating. Quote
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