Goliathus Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 A few photos of a nice male Dynastes tityus (68 mm) that emerged today. This is only 2.75 mm shorter than what I think might possibly be the record size (70.75 mm) for this species. He's one of several of equal or comparable size that I've had emerge over the past couple of weeks. They took 2 years to go from egg to adult. It's been my experience that the largest individuals from each generation tend to take the longest to mature, although this is not necessarily always the case, as I have also had quite large specimens reach adulthood in less than 1 year. However, all of my largest ones have taken 2, I believe.Of morphological note: I've found that in XL specimens, the cephalic horn often tends to be a bit longer than the thoracic one, and there is also a more pronounced development of the small lateral horns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 Very nice male! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyro Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 That's pretty awesome!!! congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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