Distribution: Sumatra, Indonesia Breeding hints: Hexarthrius are considered to be more tricky to breed than other Lucanidae. It is important to feed the imagines with proteins, as otherwise males might kill females and vice versa. Eggs are laid into relatively hard white rotten wood and females often make tunnels before laying eggs. Hexarthrius mandibularis sumatranus […]
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Distribution: Myanmar Breeding hints: Hexarthrius are considered to be more tricky to breed than other Lucanidae. It is important to feed the imagines with proteins, as otherwise males might kill females and vice versa. Eggs are laid into relatively hard white rotten wood and females often make tunnels before laying eggs. Hexarthrius melchioritis is still […]
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Distribution: India Breeding hints: I am not aware that Hexarthrius mniszechi has been bred in captivity or is kept by hobbyists. Breeding should however not be too different from that of other Indian Hexarthrius species (Correct me if I am wrong :-)) Hexarthrius are considered to be more tricky to breed than other Lucanidae. It […]
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Distribution: Thailand, Malaysia Breeding hints: Hexarthrius are considered to be more tricky to breed than other Lucanidae. It is important to feed the imagines with proteins, as otherwise males might kill females and vice versa. Eggs are laid into relatively hard white rotten wood and females often make tunnels before laying eggs. Hexarthrius parryi deyrollei […]
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Distribution: Borneo Breeding hints: Hexarthrius are considered to be more tricky to breed than other Lucanidae. Eggs are laid into relatively hard white rotten wood. Once all breeding conditions are supplied, Hexarthrius seem to be quite prolific breeders. Larger males take more time to develop and precautions must be taken to have females and males […]
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Distribution: Indonesia Breeding hints: Hexarthrius are considered to be more tricky to breed than other Lucanidae. It is important to feed the imagines with proteins, as otherwise males might kill females and vice versa. Eggs are laid into relatively hard white rotten wood and females often make tunnels before laying eggs. Hexarthrius parryi paradoxus is […]
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Distribution: Northern India Breeding hints: Hexarthrius are considered to be more tricky to breed than other Lucanidae. Eggs are laid into relatively hard white rotten wood. Once all breeding conditions are supplied, Hexarthrius seem to be quite prolific breeders. Larger males take more time to develop and precautions must be taken to have females and […]
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Distribution: Indonesia Breeding hints: Hexarthrius rhinoceros rhinoceros is exported quite regularly from Indonesia. Oddly enough, I am not aware of anyone breeding this species, but would be surprised if Japanese hobbyists would not have managed to breed these. Hexarthrius are considered to be more tricky to breed than other Lucanidae. It is important to feed […]
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Distribution: Cambodia, Mt. Bokor Breeding hints: Hexarthrius sanuchii is supposedly the rarest of Hexarthrius species. There specimen with red and some with black elytrae. The black ones look very much like Hexarthrius nigritus. Still a very rare species in breeding. I reared mine on kinshi, which they grew quite well on, both females died during […]
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Distribution: Laos Breeding hints: I am not aware of Hexarthrius vitalisi cottoni having been bred or being exported alive. Hexarthrius are considered to be more tricky to breed than other Lucanidae. It is important to feed the imagines with proteins, as otherwise males might kill females and vice versa. Eggs are laid into relatively hard […]
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