Anthia Cinctipennis (african ground beetle)

[Mattias]

Hello everyone

Here are a few pictures of my African ground beetles.
I have them for about a month now and the're really fun to watch, especially when they hunt and eat.
I'll try to post a video of it, once i find out how to do that. :biggrin:




greetings
Mattias

 

[Mattias]

video African ground beetle

so, posting a video wasn't as hard as i thought it would be :sarcasm:

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[pannaking22]

Very very cool! Thanks for sharing them! Planning on breeding them I'm guessing?

 

[beetleman]

awesome! man i love the large ground beetles from africa(anthias,manchicoras),hope you can breed these guys,what ive heard it's not that easy,enjoy! oooh i wish they were avalible here in the states,i mean i'm beetleman,they should be in my collection along w/the manchicora(spelling)

 

[Hisserdude]

Urghhh, you dang Europeans with your fancy Carabids, making all us Americans jealous! JK, really nice beetles, hope you can breed them!

 

[Mattias]

Thanks,
Yes i'm trying to breed them but there's not much information available on the subject.
I see them mating a lot and the female has been digging for a few nights.
The only thing to do now is wait. :coffee:

 

[Tenevanica]

Damn you Europeans and your fancy African beetles Seriously though, those are wicked cool! I wish the USDA would stop putting up such a fuss about this hobby so US hobbyists can experience things like these.

 

[pannaking22]

Thanks,
Yes i'm trying to breed them but there's not much information available on the subject.
I see them mating a lot and the female has been digging for a few nights.
The only thing to do now is wait. :coffee:

That's definitely a good sign! I think Wizentrop has some experience with these guys so he may be able to offer some insight. Are you on Beetle Forum too?

 

[Mattias]

Yeah,
i like to think so too. Fingers crossed.
No i'm not on the beetle forum. I'll check it out.

 

[Mattias]

African tiger beettle ( Anthia cinctipennis)

So, i went to check on the beetles and managed to get a great shot.



greetings
Mattias

 

[pannaking22]

Yeah,
i like to think so too. Fingers crossed.
No i'm not on the beetle forum. I'll check it out.

Please do! We'd be happy to have you there
http://beetleforum.net/forums/

 

[Hisserdude]

So, i went to check on the beetles and managed to get a great shot.

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greetings
Mattias

Haha, hopefully you can get them to lay some eggs!

 

[beetleman]

awesome! we will keep our fingers crossed, deep deep substrate,and slightly moist is some of the very little info i got.ooh i want these

 

[Mattias]

A little upddate on my ground beetles.
They're all still doing very well. They always have acces to water and as you can see they use do use it. ( a lot actually )
I tried uploading a video of one of them digging a tunnel but it wouldn't work. I'll try and post it later.
Still no sign of eggs or larvae tho...

 

[Hisserdude]

Did you change the substrate to sand? They need actual sand to lay eggs in.

 

[Mattias]

No it's still the same substrate. it's excavator clay, sand and eco earth. Ill change it this weekend.
Here's the video i couldn't upload yesterday.

 

[Hisserdude]

Cool video!

Did you ever see Wizentrop's reply on you thread on beetleforum? He has some really good information on breeding these guys!

 

[pannaking22]

Thanks for the update! Glad to see they're still doing well and hope you get some eggs from them. I wonder if you just change out a portion of the enclosure to make it full sand if they would lay there?

 

[Hisserdude]

Thanks for the update! Glad to see they're still doing well and hope you get some eggs from them. I wonder if you just change out a portion of the enclosure to make it full sand if they would lay there?

They might, though I would want to provide as much egg laying space as I could with these guys. Especially considering how little eggs they lay.

 

[pannaking22]

They might, though I would want to provide as much egg laying space as I could with these guys. Especially considering how little eggs they lay.

Same here. I can't say that I know how many eggs they lay, but whatever it take to increase your chances of successfully getting larvae the better.