Dorcus bucephalus

Distribution:

Indonesia

Breeding hints:

Dorcus bucephalus is rather easy to breed. The females lay eggs into relatively hard white rotten wood logs. The larvae can be reared in these logs or be separated and fed with white rotten wood pieces stuffed into containers. Big specimen are commonly reared on kinshi fungus. For the rest of the world who are not priviledged enough to have kinshi available, the larvae can also be reared on fermented saw dust with an additional feeding of proteins. This way it is also possible to raise reasonably sized specimen. Larvae can be cannibalistic at times, especially under crowded conditions and should be separated. Since males can be very aggressive, it makes sense to pair male and female under supervision and separate them afterwards.

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Dorcus bucephalus male, Indonesia © B.Harink

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