Bugboy3092 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 I don't know if anyone else here is reading any click beetle species, but this is a pupa I collected as a grub a few months ago. This is alaus oculatus, the largest elaterid in the eastern United States, and a very much under-bred species. Also, if anyone has any care tips like breeding and larva care, it would be greatly appreciated, and I will be selling these as adults from late fall to mid spring when I can find them hibernating in rotten logs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 Very nice, I love these! I tried breeding A.melanops once, but my 1st instar larvae all died off, presumably because I didn't give them small enough prey items. I caught a large larvae a couple years ago and got it to mature last month, apparently this species refuses to pupate without a piece of wood to bore into. Did your A.oculatus larva need wood to make a pupal cell in? Besides my lone A.melanops, I've got Pyrophorus noctilucus and a few misc Elaterid larvae from here in Idaho and a few I got from a friend in Illinois. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugboy3092 Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 Nice, yeah it did use a log, not very decayed and about two inches thick, though it pupated near the surface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugboy3092 Posted August 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 The pupa hatched last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmosphere Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hisserdude Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 Nice, yeah it did use a log, not very decayed and about two inches thick, though it pupated near the surface Good to know, thanks for thee info! And congrats on the pupa eclosing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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