Nothing much to say about this good and detailed breeding report. You can use it as a reference for breeding other Dorcus species as well. Interestingly, there seem to be two types of Dorcus alcides, a short mandible one with a massive body and a slimmer type with elongated mandibles. Introduction These pages present the […]
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Mesotopus tarandus is a beautiful African species. There are two known species Mesotopus tarandus and Mesotopus regius. But it depends whom you are talking to, as some consider M. regius as a subspecies of M. tarandus with elongated mandibles. These are shiny black beetles that can vibrate (like a cell phone in silent mode) and […]
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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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It did take some time, and I do apologize for the silence on this blog. I was busy working on the last editing cycles of my new book on beetle breeding. And here it is: 5 years of work, 208 pages, 349 pictures, and loads of breeding information. It’s in German, but I think it […]
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Luckily, beetles are not so easily infected with diseases, and it is a rather rare event that a breeder witnesses a disease that kills all his animals. However, there are a few diseases and parasites that do infest beetle larvae. The below is an old article of mine, where I found some of my larvae […]
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This report is based on my experiences according Chalcosoma caucasus in my own breed. I made some mistakes that would have been easy to avoid and that made breeding this species more difficult than it is… I am going to refer to it later on. To begin: I started breeding Chalcosoma caucasus on 12.06.99. My […]
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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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Dilochrosis atripennis is a medium-sized flower beetle from Australia. Its size in breeding is around 4 cm. It is considered an easy to breed species. However there are a few points which make this species stand out from the standard breeding process, for instance of Eudicella gralli. I suspect that the original stock of Dilochrosis […]
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Stephanocrates dohertyi were considered an impossible to breed species. I remember seeing single larvae offered for more than 100 DM at around 2000. I think no one ever succeeded in breeding these, and I doubt that anyone ever made it past F1. There were theories that the larvae need a special diet, but in the […]
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Leptinopterus burmeisteri is a small and fascinating species of stag beetles, in addition to being from South America, and behaving like a Cetonid, I think they are a priority species for me to maintain in my continuous breeding. After my last post on these, I have now the next generation of eggs, and have a […]
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