This article has been migrated from my old pages, and I will update it, once the migration is over. Luckily there have been a few advances in breeding of Dynastes, even so the basic principles remain the same. I guess there are already many breeding reports for this species, so one might ask, why another […]
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Hey there, this is the first post at the new Domain beetlebreeding.ch. Have been rather busy, as a lot of beetles started to hatch out recently. Had a lot of troubles with odd sex ratios, e.g. 10 larvae turned into ten males and nobody had females available, but well. I am still trying to figure […]
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I know, I know, I do not stick to my promises and I haven’t published something new recently. However, this time I have an excellent excuse: Together with Daniel Ambuehl, a mushroom expert and artist, we have been working really hard on our new project: A new Society called ‘Verein Hirschkäfer’ (Stag Beetle Association). […]
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This is a breeding report for a species that was formerly known as difficult or impossible to breed. I found that if some measurements are taken, successful breeding and keeping of this species is not too difficult. First, I would like to thank Jack Lee (Taiwan), who made it possible for me to get some […]
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Distribution: Vietnam, China Breeding hints: Prosopocoilus is a rarely offered species, as dead specimen. I have not yet seen alive beetles. I do think I have seen photos of alive capricornus in Japanese pages, but am not sure if they succeeded breeding it. To me, this species does look a lot like Prosopocoilus formosanus from […]
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I was always wondering why insect exhibitions in museums were always just dried and pinned insects in boxes. Well, for an enthusiast like me, this was a fantastic thing, as I could see a maximum number of specimen in small space. I did however observe that my family and other people were just glancing through, […]
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This report about my experiences with Odontolabis gazella is based on data I collected from 1999 until now. I got two males and 4 females on the 12.06.99. They had been caught in the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia. The males were about 65 mm in size and the females about 40 mm. I divided them […]
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Distribution: Indonesia Breeding hints: I am not aware of breeding reports for Odontolabis micros. O. micros is a very interesting species because it looks like a perfect telodont miniature of the large Odontolabis species. Breeding would surely be very interesting and I would be happy if you could inform me if you have managed to […]
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Distribution: Korea Breeding hints: I am not aware of breeders of Platycerus hogwonpyoi. I would believe breeding is rather similar to other Platycerus. The breeding of Platycerus is commonly rather easy. The females will chew small holes into pieces of medium soft white rotten wood, lay the eggs and then close the hole again with […]
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Distribution: Peru Breeding hints: I am not aware of breeding reports for Cantharolethrus steinheili. I am not sure if this species has even made it into the hands of hobbyists yet. If you know more, please let us know. Interesting Links: Please suggest links that offer more information about this species Specimen Pictures: Pictures of […]
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