Distribution: China, Republic of China Breeding hints: I am not aware of breeding reports for Odontolabis platynota platynota. Considering that it is a rather small and black coloured species it would any way be a species for hardcore enthusiasts. If you are somebody that kept and bred them, please do let me know. Thanks a […]
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Distribution: Thailand, Myanmar Breeding hints: Odontolabis mouhoti elegans has been kept and bred successfully in captivity. I am however not aware of the details of the breeding and would be thankful to you breeders out there, if you shared some of your experiences. Odontolabis normally make for a good beginners choice. Of course there are […]
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Distribution: Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and … Breeding hints: Odontolabis latipennis does not have a telodont form and thus would make a good start into the breeding of Lucanidae: No frustration if no telodont males emerge 🙂 That said, I am not sure if this species has been bred in captivity. Considering the wide geographical range […]
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Distribution: Indonesia Breeding hints: Odontolabis kazuhisai is a rather rare and very beautiful small species. I am not sure if the breeding in captivity has been crowned by success and would be thankful for any information regarding the breeding of these. Interesting Links: Please suggest links that offer more information about this species Specimen Pictures: […]
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Distribution: Indonesia Breeding hints: Odontolabis lacordairei is a rather common species in the wild. I am however not aware of a detailed breeding report for this species. If you have any information regarding the breeding of Odontolabis lacordairei, please do let me know 🙂 Odontolabis normally make for a good beginners choice. Of course there […]
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Distribution: Philippines Breeding hints: To my knowledge there are two subspecies at the moment: Odontolabis imperialis imperialis from the Borneo side of Malaysia and Odontolabis imperialis komorii from the Philippines. To be frank, I cannot see a difference in these two subspecies, but if I remember right was told that O. i. komorii has the […]
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Distribution: Borneo, Malaysia Breeding hints: To my knowledge there are two subspecies at the moment: Odontolabis imperialis imperialis from the Borneo side of Malaysia and Odontolabis imperialis komorii from the Philippines. To be frank, I cannot see a difference in these two subspecies, but if I remember right was told that O. i. komorii has […]
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Distribution: Borneo, Malaysia Breeding hints: Odontolabis hitam is a very nice species from the Borneo part of Malaysia. The name is quite fitting, because ‘hitam’ in Bahasa Melayu means ‘black’. I am not sure if this species has been bred already, but there have been exports of living specimen to Japan at least. If you […]
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Distribution: Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia (?) Breeding hints: Odontolabis is a very easy to breed species for which I had written a very detailed breeding report that can be found on this website under the breeding report section. Odontolabis gazella is a very interesting species, as there seems to be no telodont form (I have seen […]
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Distribution: Borneo, Malaysia Breeding hints: I am not sure if the subspecies Odontolabis femoralis waterstradti has made it into the hands of breeders. If yes, I would guess that the breeding behaviour is rather similar to that of the nominate species, Odontolabis femoralis femoralis. The easiest way to tell both subspecies apart is the reddish […]
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