Some pics from me

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GeckoTom

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Hey cool, just found that part of the forum!!

Breeding beetles and all stuff, too, I have to show some nice pics, I hope you like them!



Edit: So, here is the better one!!!

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GeckoTom

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A pupae of a Rhinobeetle Megasoma actaeon.

Didt see that the pic was not good, but a second upload didnt work. maybe tomorrow, with an adult and a larvae pic

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thrower

thrower

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Wow :shock: where did you get those? I'm a giant entomology freak, and I would love to get into beetles. I didn't even know that anyone had those in captivity.

Tarl
 
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GeckoTom

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There are lots of great beetles in culture.

I had several species of rhino and other beetles in culture.

I think about 50 species, maybe more

Nice is the sice or alien like apearence of some and the colors of the others

It is unbelievable how strong these beetles are!!!

They are not for beginners, you have to get a good feeling for the substrate, because in the time of 3 to 3.5 years a lot can happen

enjoy
Thomas
 
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saltuarius

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Great pictures Thomas, dont stop! :)

Fantastic the first pic, and the second, its really interesant, i see an archipirostreptus??can you put pictures of the breed boxes??

best regards,
Roberto.
 
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GeckoTom

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strikedistance said:
Dude do you breed hercules beetles. I always loved those. Granti are fun too.
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Had D. hercules and D. granti, are real great!!

I stopped breeding insekts early this year!

Took to much time, because I want to concentrate on geckos more and took too much space!

Had real lots of boxes in size of 1/2 liters to 6 liters for each larvae. Then the breeding terraria- boxes like 300 liters for the big beetles and 50 up for the small ones. Then I had 2 big barrels with wood and lots of not carnivorouse larve inside. thats a lot of space I now want to use for geckos and I am building the room now for geckos. And my wife hate the smell of the rotting wood and leaves! :?

They are fun, maybe I come back in some years.

I will post some pics, also of the boxes.

Regards
Thomas
 
Ken Bartenfeld

Ken Bartenfeld

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I got in some kind of beetle yesterday. Forgot the name though.

That second picture...mmmm, I bet it would quite roast well over a nice wood burned fire pit ;-)
 
Ken Bartenfeld

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By the way, do you keep these things warm? Right now I have them in a 10gallon setup with dead oak branches and top soil and the stuff my friend sent me the grubs in.
 
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GeckoTom

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Ken Bartenfeld said:
By the way, do you keep these things warm? Right now I have them in a 10gallon setup with dead oak branches and top soil and the stuff my friend sent me the grubs in.
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Yes, 27 degrees celsius.

The oak should be "white rotten" with fungus, you should be able to break them very easy with your bare hands. make very small pieces of the wood and mix it with dry oak leaves.

keep it slightly moist

The mixture of wood and leaves depends a bit on the species

regards
Thomas
 
Ken Bartenfeld

Ken Bartenfeld

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Thanks Thomas...serious. I ugh...made a mistake and put some roach food in there to see if they would eat it. The next day there was a lay of mold over the food. Darn...
 
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GeckoTom

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Adults only fruit, bababa, mango,... or baby food glasses.

change every day, I put it in at the evening for overnight and in the mornig for day active
 
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