DynastesDee Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 The female is 31 mm and the male is 34 mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlesforlife3 Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 Congrats! I wish you luck in breeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmosphere Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 Awesome work, Dee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliathus Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 Here's a 40 mm male M. punctulatus that I reared about 5 years ago - The largest punctulatus specimen I've ever seen was a captive reared of 47 mm (which is exceptional). Based on my experience with sleeperi, I suspect that this species can reach approximately the same size as punctulatus under ideal environmental conditions, even though most wild-collected examples tend to be considerably smaller than captive reared ones (as is also the case with punctulatus). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynastesDee Posted July 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 Nice, great pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynastesDee Posted July 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 I hope to find Megasona punctulatus this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynastes TItyus hunter Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 Real nice results! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKim Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teneb Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 On 7/4/2021 at 2:51 PM, Goliathus said: Here's a 40 mm male M. punctulatus that I reared about 5 years ago - The largest punctulatus specimen I've ever seen was a captive reared of 47 mm (which is exceptional). Based on my experience with sleeperi, I suspect that this species can reach approximately the same size as punctulatus under ideal environmental conditions, even though most wild-collected examples tend to be considerably smaller than captive reared ones (as is also the case with punctulatus). Oh my god! I remember this picture on a bugs in cyberspace listing a couple years ago I still was just catching beetles at the time because I never had the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliathus Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 On 7/6/2021 at 8:48 PM, Teneb said: Oh my god! I remember this picture on a bugs in cyberspace listing a couple years ago I still was just catching beetles at the time because I never had the money. Yes - I showed the photo to Peter, and he asked to use it on his website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynastesDee Posted July 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 Did you find Megasoma punctulatus females and males in the wild? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliathus Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 On 7/6/2021 at 9:49 PM, DynastesDee said: Did you find Megasoma punctulatus females and males in the wild? Yes - and mostly females, the last time I went looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynastesDee Posted July 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 Nice, did you find the females near lights or on mesquite trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Goliathus Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 On 7/7/2021 at 1:48 PM, DynastesDee said: Nice, did you find the females near lights or on mesquite trees. I checked some mesquite trees, but found all of the beetles at lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlesforlife3 Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 @Goliathus every take collecting request for megasoma? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliathus Posted July 8, 2021 Report Share Posted July 8, 2021 On 7/7/2021 at 4:16 PM, Beetlesforlife3 said: @Goliathus every take collecting request for megasoma? Sorry, but I really have no idea when I'll go collecting again - I only rarely make trips. My most recent one was Aug 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlesforlife3 Posted July 8, 2021 Report Share Posted July 8, 2021 Oh okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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