This again is an older article, but still very valid, something that I am learning every day in my breedings. One thing I would like to state here is: It is normal to fail breeding certain species. Some species have very specific requirements that we don’t know, for others we might not have the rights […]
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Time to write about a flower beetle again, it has been many posts on stag beetles recently, but I still have some Cetonidae on the side. One of these species is Protaetia cretica, a Cetonid from the Island of Crete in Greece. These are relatively easy, but have some special requirements that they share with […]
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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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Pre-lude July 2012: Nowadays, Goliathus ssp., at least Goliathus orientalis and Goliathus goliatus are bred from time to time. The key has been protein feeding of the larvae that are really cannibalistic and active hunters. I have tried different types of insects and other protein sources, and just while writing these lines, have my first […]
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While most breeders prefer the big and showy species, this article is aimed at the smaller species, that are not often named in articles about flower beetles. These small ( up to 1,5 cm in size) species have many advantages. For instance: You don´ t need much space to breed and keep them: Boxes of […]
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It has been some time, since I last posted some articles here; well I was a bit busy with many pleasant and some not so pleasant things. However, by now, many cool things have happened, and I concluded the full cycle of breeding certain species. The extreme weather changes this summer, from relatively cool cycles […]
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