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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Introduction These pages present the breeding/rearing of Dorcus titanus palawanicus. Discussion on the breeding/rearing follows natural history of the insect, which is thought useful for breeding/rearing. There are 19 varieties of the species Dorcus titanus (S. Nagai): pilifer, hachijoensis, castanicolor, tatsutai, karasuyamai, takaraensis, elegans, tokunoshimaensis, okinoerabuensis, okinawanus, daitoensis, sakishimanus, sika, platymelus, tiphoniformis, westermanni, titanus, typhon […]
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This is a very interesting report, which was written by my friend Kay the Guru. It deals with the breeding of Dynastes hercules hercules. 1. Introduction Hello Friends! My name is Kay and I am a beetle breeding/rearing hobbyist from Japan. First of all, I would like to tell you about a brief history of […]
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This is the breeding report for Hexarthrius mandibularis sumatranus by my friend Kay the Guru from Japan. Hexarthrius were considered impossible to breed for a long time in Europe, until somebody found out that the females need a protein diet in order to lay eggs. Hence make sure to feed them with protein jellies, or […]
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This article has been written by my friend Kay the Guru from Japan. He published the article at a time when breeding Lucanidae in Europe was something really new for most breeders. That time, we did not know much about the right wood and many other things.Hence, it is not surprising that very often our […]
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