Propomacrus bimucronatus

Distribution:

Turkey

Breeding hints:

Before it made its way into the hand of breeders, Propomacrus bimucronatus was considered a very rare species. It is not attracted to light or bait and can often only be found in tree holes. Nowadays it is a readily available and of all Euchirinae the easiest to breed species.

I found that it is helpful if the substrate height is rather high to stimulate the females to lay eggs. The best substrate for egg laying is a rather fine rotten wood substrate (black coloured) with some larger pieces of white rotten wood. The overall development of the larvae is quite slow and the pupation stage is quite critical and losses in this stage can be expected. I found a good, but space consuming method, is to offer the late L3 larvae a 10 ltr box filled with substrate and a big piece of white rotten wood. The larvae were often pupating inside this piece and managed to get through the pupation stage successfully. It is also advisable to slightly reduce the humidity during pupation.

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Specimen Pictures:

Propomacrus bimucronatus male, F1, Turkey © B.Harink

Propomacrus bimucronatus female, F1, Turkey © B.Harink

Pictures of living specimen:

Propomacrus bimucronatus, male, F5, Turkey

Propomacrus bimucronatus pair, F3, Turkey © B.Harink

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