My Beetles

[kankurou]

Hi everybody! I want to show you my beetles

this is Xylotrupes gideon sumatrensis [adult male], I caught it yesterday

this is xylotrupes gideon [adult female]

this is oryctes gnu [adult male]

not just that, I breed them too

L3 larvae

L1 larvae

thanks for looking!!

 

[mr.wilderness]

Cool Pix! Too bad the usda is paranoid about insects and all, would be cool to get those here

 

[Choobaine]

I'm loving the beetles! I've allways wanted to get scarab relatives... allways allways allways!

 

[Curry]

Very nice beetles!

 

[beetleman]

:drool: very nice!

 

[Ted]

Extremely nice!
i'll admit it, I'm jealous!

 

[Chrysopid]

Beautiful!

 

[PhilK]

Those larvae are the single most disgusting thing I have ever seen.. *shudder*

 

[Mat]

Those larvae are the single most disgusting thing I have ever seen.. *shudder*

(Drum roll..............) Ta Da !!!!!!!

Sorry about that, I just had to post this after that last comment. Megasoma acteon L3 - turned into a very nice male beetle currently in a tank in my office.

Matt

 

[Ted]

(Drum roll..............) Ta Da !!!!!!!

Sorry about that, I just had to post this after that last comment. Megasoma acteon L3 - turned into a very nice male beetle currently in a tank in my office.

Matt

like mine?

 

[beetleman]

:drool: ok now i'm gettin hungry!!!!!!!

 

[kankurou]

wow, that was a huge grub... I'm dreaming to have some of the largest beetle...

 

[LeilaNami]

So thats what all those larva I find are...haha now I know to keep em when I find em.

 

[Curry]

Jeez that thing is HUGE

 

[froggyman]

nice ted is that an Atlas beetle??

 

[Mat]

nice ted is that an Atlas beetle??

No - it's an 'Elephant beetle' - Megasoma acteon - from South America.

The Atlas Beetle - Chalcosoma atlas - comes from south-east asia.

Matt

 

[Ted]

No - it's an 'Elephant beetle' - Megasoma acteon - from South America.

The Atlas Beetle - Chalcosoma atlas - comes from south-east asia.

Matt

tis true..

here's one of my Chalcosoma's
certainly one of my favorite beetles.

 

[froggyman]

nice i bet it cost a pretty penny

 

[Ted]

nice i bet it cost a pretty penny

I don't pay for them..I get them as compensation for trades of hard to obtain american species.

 

[froggyman]

thats sweet ive always wanted to start a collection of mounted bugs