Distribution: Japan Breeding hints: Dorcus titanus is an extremely widespread species with a large number of subspecies all over Asia. Dorcus titanus pilifer is one of the many Japanese subspecies of D. titanus. It is very easy to breed and makes for a perfect beginners species. There are very large subspecies growing over 10 cm, […]
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Distribution: Japan Breeding hints: Dorcus titanus is an extremely widespread species with a large number of subspecies all over Asia. Dorcus titanus platymelus is one of the Chinese subspecies of D. titanus. It is very easy to breed and makes for a perfect beginners species. There are very large subspecies growing over 10 cm, and […]
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Distribution: Taiwan Breeding hints: Dorcus titanus is an extremely widespread species with a large number of subspecies all over Asia. Dorcus titanus sika is the Taiwanese subspecies of D. titanus. It is very easy to breed and makes for a perfect beginners species. There are very large subspecies growing over 10 cm, and those that […]
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Distribution: Japan Breeding hints: Not sure about this subspecies. If you have an ID for it, please do let me know. Thanks a lot 🙂 Dorcus titanus is an extremely widespread species with a large number of subspecies all over Asia. It is very easy to breed and makes for a perfect beginners species. There […]
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Distribution: Tibet Breeding hints: Not sure about this subspecies. If you have an ID for it, please do let me know. Thanks a lot 🙂 Dorcus titanus is an extremely widespread species with a large number of subspecies all over Asia. It is very easy to breed and makes for a perfect beginners species. There […]
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Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines and ? Breeding hints: Dorcus titanus is an extremely widespread species with a large number of subspecies all over Asia. It is very easy to breed and makes for a perfect beginners species. There are very large subspecies growing over 10 cm, and those that merely touch 5 cm. Temperature might be […]
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Distribution: China, Republic of China Breeding hints: Dorcus titanus is an extremely widespread species with a large number of subspecies all over Asia. Dorcus titanus castanicolor is a Chinese subspecies of D. titanus. It is very easy to breed and makes for a perfect beginners species. There are very large subspecies growing over 10 cm, […]
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Distribution: Indonesia, Tibet, Thailand and? Breeding hints: I am not aware of breeding reports for Dorcus tytius. Breeding should be in the typical Dorcus manner, if I have to dare a guess 😉 Interesting Links: Please suggest links that offer more information about this species Specimen Pictures: Pictures of living specimen: Please email me your […]
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Distribution: Australia Breeding hints: Here is the breeding report that I wrote for this species. To my knowledge this is the only species of the genus Dorcus in Australia. 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 […]
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For a long time I was hoping to be able to get my hands on the beautiful and small species Dorcus wickhami. They originate from Australia, and as thus are very hard to come by. Even specimen are not so easy to find. This, to my knowledge, is the only species of the genus Dorcus […]
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