I do not remember where I had read the term pet hole, I think it was on a tarantula forum. This brought an intense smile to my phase, as it also describes many of our beetle pets perfectly well. With tarantulas, the especially funny thing is that many of the amazingly beautiful species are what […]
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Proposals for breeding Asian and other difficult-to-breed species
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 […]
READ MORE »Prosopocoilus biplagiatus β Hong Kong’s hidden gem
And yet another post on another stag beetle species, seems I am on a roll these days π Prosopocoilus biplagiatus is a smallish stag beetle species, which looks similar to Prosopocoilus inquinatus and some other small Prosopocoilus species from Asia. That said it is a fascinating species for me mainly for two reasons: It is […]
READ MORE »Prosopocoilus bison cinctus β an underappreciated beauty from Papua New Guinea
Time to write about my experiences with this interesting species in the genus Prosopocoilus. Strangely, they are not too popular when one browses the Internet for hot beetles that have become established as popular pets. Prosopocoilus bison should be, as they are, like many other in the genus, very undemanding and easy to reproduce. Prosopocolius […]
READ MORE »Prosopocoilus suturalis β sulphur colored beauties
This is a short post about a seriously underrated and overlooked stag beetle species: Prosopocoilus suturalis. Prosopocoilus suturalis is a relatively small species, males measure up to 5 cm, They have a nice sulphur-yellow coloration, which fades into more brownish when dead. This makes specimen look rather dull, and different from what they look like […]
READ MORE »Protaetia cretica β an underrated flower beetle
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 […]
READ MORE »Recent breeding successes
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 […]
READ MORE »Report about my trials breeding Goliathus
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 […]
READ MORE »Report on Odontolabis gazella – An easy to breed Stag beetle –
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 […]
READ MORE »Rhaetulus crenatus recticornis β fromβ¦. Japan!
Long time back, when I was still studying, I somehow had the goal to have a specimen collection of all Taiwanese and Japanese Lucanidae. I got quite far, what is still missing are small species like the different Aegus subspecies of Japan, and some Platycerus, and Rhaetulus crenatus recticornis. It used to annoy me to […]
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