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All I had was my cell phone on hand so next time I go through the tanks for inspections I will have my camera ready for better pics.
Well the dynastes tityus trio I received in May of this year have turned into little cute larvae. I have about 50 spread out in 4 10 gallon aquariums filled with organic potting mix with some decayed oak wood and leaf litter added. Pretty excited some of them are so big already almost 3 inches and plump.
Only a face a parent could love. Taking a bite out of my finger (sorry about the quality again)
Group shot of them.
I asked the person who sold the parents to me about some concerns about the size of a few of them but maybe someone else could answer the question while I wait for his response. Basically I want to know why the great majority of these guys are 2+ inches but a very select few are runts. Its in less than a handful of them so I am not really worried that it is something wrong with the conditions I am keeping them in. But then again I AM worried about them well because they are my babies and I just would like to know why these few are so small! I want to know if they are possibly overcrowded or if they are simply runts. I do not have any mite problems I checked them very thoroughly and did not notice any around their spiracles.
Only 3-4 out of the 50ish are small so I am pretty sure it is just probably the beetles themselves rather than an environmental problem but like any dedicated pet owner I would like to know if I could do a better job of caring for them.
Anyway thanks for looking. Do we have any other tityus owners or any beetles really? I would be interested to see them and hear about them.
Thanks!
~joseofsa
---------- Post added at 10:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:49 PM ----------
Oh yeah here are some pics of the parents. I will get some more up to date pics of them when post better pics of the larvae.
papa
momma 1
momma 2
Well the dynastes tityus trio I received in May of this year have turned into little cute larvae. I have about 50 spread out in 4 10 gallon aquariums filled with organic potting mix with some decayed oak wood and leaf litter added. Pretty excited some of them are so big already almost 3 inches and plump.
Only a face a parent could love. Taking a bite out of my finger (sorry about the quality again)
Group shot of them.
I asked the person who sold the parents to me about some concerns about the size of a few of them but maybe someone else could answer the question while I wait for his response. Basically I want to know why the great majority of these guys are 2+ inches but a very select few are runts. Its in less than a handful of them so I am not really worried that it is something wrong with the conditions I am keeping them in. But then again I AM worried about them well because they are my babies and I just would like to know why these few are so small! I want to know if they are possibly overcrowded or if they are simply runts. I do not have any mite problems I checked them very thoroughly and did not notice any around their spiracles.
Only 3-4 out of the 50ish are small so I am pretty sure it is just probably the beetles themselves rather than an environmental problem but like any dedicated pet owner I would like to know if I could do a better job of caring for them.
Anyway thanks for looking. Do we have any other tityus owners or any beetles really? I would be interested to see them and hear about them.
Thanks!
~joseofsa
---------- Post added at 10:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:49 PM ----------
Oh yeah here are some pics of the parents. I will get some more up to date pics of them when post better pics of the larvae.
papa
momma 1
momma 2
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