Distribution: China Breeding hints: Lucanus are a bit more difficult to breed than other Lucanidae. They in general need cooler temperatures and prefer a very decayed substrate. There seem to be species that live on white rotten wood, and can also be reared on kinshi. This is something that puzzled me, as I had thought […]
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Distribution: South India Breeding hints: Kirchnerius are in general very similar in breeding to Prosopocoilus. Eggs are laid into medium hard white rotten wood. Larvae can be reared on flake soil, but I have also tested Pleurotus ostreatus kinshi (Ohiratake), which also worked well. I have reared Kirchnerius guangxii now for 3 generations and found […]
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Distribution: Vietnam, Yen Bai Breeding hints: Kirchnerius are in general very similar in breeding to Prosopocoilus. Eggs are laid into medium hard white rotten wood. Larvae can be reared on flake soil, but I have also tested Pleurotus ostreatus kinshi (Ohiratake), which also worked well. Interesting Links: If you are aware of any pages, or […]
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Distribution: India, Myanmar Breeding hints: Hexarthrius are considered to be more tricky to breed than other Lucanidae. Eggs are laid into relatively hard white rotten wood. Once all breeding conditions are supplied, Hexarthrius seem to be quite prolific breeders. If Hexarthrius aduncus have a similar development as Hexarthrius davisoni, males and females will normally hatch […]
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Distribution: Cambodia, Mt. Bokor Breeding hints: Hexarthrius sanuchii is supposedly the rarest of Hexarthrius species. There specimen with red and some with black elytrae. The black ones look very much like Hexarthrius nigritus. Still a very rare species in breeding. I reared mine on kinshi, which they grew quite well on, both females died during […]
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Distribution: Northern India Breeding hints: Hexarthrius are considered to be more tricky to breed than other Lucanidae. Eggs are laid into relatively hard white rotten wood. Once all breeding conditions are supplied, Hexarthrius seem to be quite prolific breeders. Larger males take more time to develop and precautions must be taken to have females and […]
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Distribution: Borneo Breeding hints: Hexarthrius are considered to be more tricky to breed than other Lucanidae. Eggs are laid into relatively hard white rotten wood. Once all breeding conditions are supplied, Hexarthrius seem to be quite prolific breeders. Larger males take more time to develop and precautions must be taken to have females and males […]
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Distribution: China Breeding hints: Hexarthrius vitalisi tsukamotoi has been bred Japanese and Chinese hobbyists. I do not know more about this. If you do, please let me know. Interesting Links: If you are aware of any pages, or want your own breeding reports linked to, please let me know and I will link to them. […]
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Distribution: India Breeding hints: I am not aware of any breeding reports for Dorcus hyperion. The species is bred in Japan by some breeders though, and seems to prefer cooler temperatures. Interesting Links: If you are aware of any pages, or want your own breeding reports linked to, please let me know and I will […]
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Distribution: North East India, Arunachal Pradesh Breeding hints: Hexarthrius bowringi baminorum is being bred by many Japanese hobbyists. I am also breeding them, and you can find a breeding report here. Interesting Links: If you are aware of any pages, or want your own breeding reports linked to, please let me know and I will […]
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