6. WEIGHT SCALES
I am giving you the weights of the larvae, that are, or that have been in my breedings. But, as I made some mistakes keeping them, you can't use them as an example for regular growing. If you want to know if your larvae are growing right, please calculate about 10 grams per months (less in the smaller instars, more in the bigger instars), with a loss of weight during the moulting processes. That would be a normal growing. (Newly acquired larvae are growing that way and that makes me feel happy, ;-))
Dynastes hercules septentrionalis
Date |
24.04.01 |
23.06.01 |
26.08.01 |
20.09.01 |
1.11.01 |
15.92.02 |
17.04.02 |
1 male |
L2 8 |
13 |
24 |
33 |
33 |
26 |
43 |
2 male |
L3 23 |
36 |
52 |
53 |
53 |
53 |
61 |
3 female |
L3 14 |
26 |
41 |
46 |
46 |
41 |
44 |
4 male |
L3 13 |
22 |
46 |
49 |
49 |
44 |
57 |
5 male |
L3 23 |
28 |
43 |
54 |
54 |
50 |
77 |
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Dynastes hercules septentrionalis (continuous)
Date |
26.05.02 |
19.07.02 |
19.09.02 |
06.10.02 |
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1 male |
54 |
54 |
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sold |
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2 male |
67 |
70 |
Big box |
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3 female |
45 |
48 |
Big box |
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4 male |
60 |
67 |
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sold |
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5 male |
61 |
67 |
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sold |
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Date |
26.08.01 |
01.11.01 |
31.01.02 |
17.04.02 |
26.05.02 |
19.07.02 |
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1 female |
L3 19 |
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36 |
42 |
56 |
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2 female |
L3 22 |
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35 |
45 |
48 |
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3 male |
L2 12 |
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36 |
52 |
62 |
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4 female |
L3 14 |
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|
30 |
41 |
52 |
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5 male |
L3 22 |
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|
49 |
68 |
77 |
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6 female |
L2 11 |
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33 |
46 |
53 |
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7 male |
L2 15 |
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|
42 |
71 |
80 |
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8 male |
L2 13 |
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9 |
12 |
22 |
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9 female |
L3 29 |
39 |
dead |
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10 male |
L2 14 |
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50 |
69 |
82 |
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11 female |
L3 16 |
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49 |
49 |
50 |
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12 female |
L3 14 |
sold |
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13 female |
L2 11 |
sold |
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14 male |
L2 14 |
sold |
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15 male |
L2 12 |
sold |
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16 female |
L3 12 |
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40 |
62 |
62 |
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17 male |
L2 11 |
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20 |
27 |
27 |
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18 male |
L2 14 |
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55 |
60 |
60 |
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Dynastes hercules lychi
Date |
26.08.01 |
1.11.01 |
15.02.02 |
17.04.02 |
25.05.02 |
19.07.02 |
21.11.02 |
1 female |
L3 25 |
33 |
36 |
39 |
43 |
pupae |
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2 male |
L3 24 |
44 |
50 |
55 |
59 |
61 |
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3 female |
L3 27 |
41 |
45 |
52 |
59 |
62 |
pupae |
4 male |
L3 28 |
42 |
45 |
50 |
48 |
51 |
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Date |
19.07.02 |
7.10.02 |
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1 |
L2 8 |
L3 29 |
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2 |
L2 9 |
L3 34 |
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3 |
L2 9 |
L3 37 |
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4 |
L2 9 |
L3 34 |
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5 |
L2 8 |
L3 29 |
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7. CONCLUSION: I hope I gave you a good instruction about the keeping and breeding of that marvellous species. Should there be mistakes or if you have suggestions, hints, etc. please write to me
5. List of Subspecies and their differences
6. Weight Scales and Conclusion
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