Joopes Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Is Lucanus placidus cultured/kept in captivity at all? From what I can find on the species, it is not, but I am not sure.    - Jacob 🖖 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKim Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 On 8/22/2021 at 8:40 AM, Joopes said: Is Lucanus placidus cultured/kept in captivity at all? From what I can find on the species, it is not, but I am not sure.    - Jacob 🖖 I have some larvae this year from wild collected pairs. (although, don't have a lot).. Also, I reared these from another wild females in past years too, and larvae were pretty easy to rear and easy enough to reach emergence. Couple problems I encountered were: (1) all major males and females emerged with defect on elytra and abdomen -medium sized or minor sized came out perfect (2) adults barely fed on fruits -either they feed on fruit or not, they all showed some responses to jellies, but still barely did. (3) adult life span seems quite short whether WC or CB. It could all be just some combinations of coincidences (as I had power outage and AC down time to time throughout for past couple years, but still seemed quite strange to me. For the next year season, I'm hoping to get some more eggs and larvae to try things out. I also got a great advice from a friend who kept hundreds of larvae of this species... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joopes Posted August 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 On 8/22/2021 at 11:49 AM, JKim said: I have some larvae this year from wild collected pairs. (although, don't have a lot).. Also, I reared these from another wild females in past years too, and larvae were pretty easy to rear and easy enough to reach emergence. Couple problems I encountered were: (1) all major males and females emerged with defect on elytra and abdomen -medium sized or minor sized came out perfect (2) adults barely fed on fruits -either they feed on fruit or not, they all showed some responses to jellies, but still barely did. (3) adult life span seems quite short whether WC or CB. It could all be just some combinations of coincidences (as I had power outage and AC down time to time throughout for past couple years, but still seemed quite strange to me. For the next year season, I'm hoping to get some more eggs and larvae to try things out. I also got a great advice from a friend who kept hundreds of larvae of this species... I think it's interesting how some species need such specific conditions in captivity, and even then don't always do very well. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 no wonder why these are not established in the hobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake7917 Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 If you’re in Canada coleopterra.com has both larvae and beetles, so I would contact him. I have some females breeding so next season I may have some larvae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynastes TItyus hunter Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 I reared them for quite a while and they barely eat any food that I give them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlesforlife3 Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 @Dynastes TItyus hunter will you ever have any available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynastes Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 Â On 8/22/2021 at 3:58 PM, Joopes said: I think it's interesting how some species need such specific conditions in captivity, and even then don't always do very well. Â Another problems with this species is the restricted range. I've never seen a live adult and I tried for a long time to get some. capreolus and mazama are pretty easy to catch or buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKim Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 8/23/2021 at 4:45 PM, Dynastes said:  Another problems with this species is the restricted range. I've never seen a live adult and I tried for a long time to get some. capreolus and mazama are pretty easy to catch or buy. Its occurrence range is pretty broad, and is similar to L. capreolus and more than L. elaphus. However, it looks like they are observed in small numbers only. I collected 1-2 specimens in each year in past couple years, but then I collected about 30? 40? specimens this year. Maybe they have a peak brood period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joopes Posted August 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 On 8/23/2021 at 5:45 PM, Dynastes said: Â Another problems with this species is the restricted range. I've never seen a live adult and I tried for a long time to get some. capreolus and mazama are pretty easy to catch or buy. Where do you buy mazama? I don't see them for sale much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynastes Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 On 8/24/2021 at 4:24 PM, Joopes said: Where do you buy mazama? I don't see them for sale much Arizona collectors at the right time of year. They are incredibly easy to rear through generations so it is a little surprising you don't see C.B. on vendor lists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynastes TItyus hunter Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 https://bugsincyberspace.com/product/stag-beetle-lucanus-mazama/ BIC had some Lucanus Mazama but it seems to have sold out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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