Distribution: India Breeding hints: Hexarthrius are considered to be more tricky to breed than other Lucanidae. It is important to feed the imagines with proteins, as otherwise males might kill females and vice versa. Eggs are laid into relatively hard white rotten wood and females often make tunnels before laying eggs. Hexarthrius bowringi was considered […]
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Rhyssonotus nebulosus
Distribution: Australia Breeding hints: Rhyssonotus nebulosus seems to be the only species of that genus which can be bred in captivity. It is not entirely clear what makes the other species impossible to breed, but it is guessed that the larvae can only survive on Eucalypthus as food. Good news that Rhyssonotus is a rather […]
READ MORE »Phalacrognathus muelleri
Distribution: Queensland, Australia Breeding hints: Phalacrognathus muelleri is one of the most colourful of all Lucanidae. On top of that it is quite easy to breed and it is not a surprise that it is widespread in the hobby. In the wild, P. muelleri is considered quite a rare species and especially large specimen were […]
READ MORE »Lamprima latreillei
Distribution: Australia Breeding hints: Lamprima latreillei is supposed to be a relatively easy to breed species. However, this species is not very common in the breeding rooms od hobbyists. Females are laying eggs into soft white rotten wood. Keeping of the larvae is quite easy and they can be reared on white rotten wood or […]
READ MORE »Lamprima aurata
Distribution: Australia Breeding hints: Lamprima aurata is a relatively easy to breed species. Females are laying eggs into soft white rotten wood. Some females in my breeding were digging deeply into wood pieces and creating long tunnel systems before laying the eggs. Keeping of the larvae is quite easy and they can be reared on […]
READ MORE »Lamprima adolphinae
Distribution: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea Breeding hints: Lamprima adolphinae is a relatively easy to breed species. Females are laying eggs into soft white rotten wood. Some females in my breeding were digging deeply into wood pieces and creating long tunnel systems before laying the eggs. Keeping of the larvae is quite easy and they can […]
READ MORE »Allotopus rosenbergi
Distribution: Indonesia Breeding hints: Allotopus have been impossible to breed for quite some time. Thanks to Japanese hobyists however, Allotopus is now regularly being bred in Japan. The larvae require wood that has been infested with a special kind of kinshi fungus. Till date this fungus is only being cultured commercially in Japan and Taiwan […]
READ MORE »Allotopus moellenkampi fruhstoferi
Distribution: Borneo, Malaysia Breeding hints: Allotopus moellenkampi fruhstoferi is the rarest of all Allotopus species and subspecies. Allotopus tends to be quite rare, even in pristine forests. Allotopus have been impossible to breed for quite some time. Thanks to Japanese hobyists however, Allotopus is now regularly being bred in Japan. The larvae require wood that […]
READ MORE »Allotopus moellenkampi moseri
Distribution: Malaysia Breeding hints: Allotopus have been impossible to breed for quite some time. Thanks to Japanese hobyists however, Allotopus is now regularly being bred in Japan. The larvae require wood that has been infested with a special kind of kinshi fungus. Till date this fungus is only being cultured commercially in Japan and Taiwan […]
READ MORE »Allotopus moellenkampi moellenkampi
Distribution: Indonesia Breeding hints: Allotopus have been impossible to breed for quite some time. Thanks to Japanese hobyists however, Allotopus is now regularly being bred in Japan. The larvae require wood that has been infested with a special kind of kinshi fungus. Till date this fungus is only being cultured commercially in Japan and Taiwan […]
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