My new beetles

[lukatsi]

I've bought some beetles from Taiwan, the Titan Monster Group (http://www.insectweb.org/titan/). All arrived in perfect condition, and they look gorgeous!

First, a trio of Megasoma elephas elephas (there's another female):

The male is 11 cm long

Dorcus titanus titanus (of course there's a female, too):

A pair of Phalacrognathus muelleri, these will go to another breeder. The colours are even more vivid than in the pictures!

I'll buy some Megasoma actaeon and thersites larvae, too, the family is growing

 

[calum]

Wow, those are some pretty beetles.

 

[CT9A]

yea those are some beauts. Too bad their illegal in the U.S.

 

[ahas]

Wow, those a nice. I like the Megasoma elephas elephas.

Fred

 

[reptscue]

yea those are some beauts. Too bad their illegal in the U.S.

of coarse.... They have to be. Because I like them.
Very nice critters!

 

[RodG]

Great photos of some stunning beetles:clap: Of course they would be illegal here

 

[Shagrath666]

Great photos of some stunning beetles:clap: Of course they would be illegal here

just curious, why are they illegal?

 

[DITB]

all foriegn plant eaters are supposed the be illegal in the USA

 

[Shagrath666]

all foriegn plant eaters are supposed the be illegal in the USA

that sucks, i saw these picks and was like I WANT SOME!!!:drool: , and i read further and was like aw bum

 

[mushiking]

Hi lukatsi, so you finally got some megasomas. According to my mushiking card of the Elephant beetle they're gentle. Also it said that it's the heaviest beetle and it's found in Mexico. The Acteon beetle is one of the strongest in Mushiking. Found in Peru it is also said to have been able to scare animals bigger than it. And it's not aggressive and it's about 125 mm. The dorcus titanus is the flat stag beetle. It's found in Japan and it's aggressive. There's one sun-specie of dorcus titanus here in the Philippines. The Palawan stag-beetle. Likes to fight. 2nd strongest beetle in Mushiking. There's also another megasoma in Mushiking. The Anubis beetle,megasoma anubis it's aggressive and found in Brazil.

 

[mushiking]

lukatsi do you know the allotopus rosenbergi or golden stag-beetle? It's really golden and it's not aggressive and it's found in Java.

 

[davidbarber1]

Illegal in the U.S.? Huh.... Are there any smugglers out there???? Just kidding. Lukatsi, great pictures of some gorgeous beetles. I envy you.

David

 

[Scolopendra777]

Iv never kept beetels

 

[lukatsi]

Thanks, I myself haven't thought that I'll keep such beetles! Then I saw that the local zoo has some hercules beetles and I've managed to swap larvae for phasmids (many phasmids). Then I discovered that there are other breeders in the country, and ordered these beetles together.

I saw the elephas mating yesterday, so I hope I have larvae soon. The Dorcus pair is still inactive, but the male is agressive indeed, whenever I open their cage he open his mandibles and raises his head. I received M. actaeon larvae from Romania, they are 11 months old, but have around 18 more to develop! I can't wait to see them emerge

I'm planning on buying some stag beetles from Indonesia, and I saw they have Allotopus, too. They are beautiful, but I don't know how to care for them. Do you know anything about this, or the other Allotopus species?

 

[LasidoraGT]

Wow, sweet beetles!

 

[savagehenry]

I've been looking for breeders of rhino beetles in the U.S. i've been looking for a couple months now yet no bites.

email me if you know any: djwinta@hotmail.com

 

[mushiking]

Are you going to buy Allotopus rosenbergi? That's the Golden stag-beetle. It's not a good fight and it's not agrressive and it's strong. Found in Java,Indonesia.Also there are many beetles in Sumatra. If you wanna get cool stag-beetles try hexarthrius mandibularis or the Mandibularis stag-beetle. Has quite impressive jaws could grow up to 118mm. Not aggressive. It's weakness is that it raises it's body when it's excited.

 

[lukatsi]

Well, I don't know. I can't find any information on them, just translated Japanese sites, which are very hard to use. The ones that look very good are Cyclommatus species, I think they live in the Philippines, too. Some of them has mandibles two times longer than their body!

Henry: I've seen a thread about raising D. tityus on another forum, here's the link: http://www.insectnet.com/dcforum/DCForumID8/405.html
It's also a good guide how to rear rhinoceros beetles.

 

[mushiking]

I don't know the cyclommatus beetles here. I think the stag-beetle you mean is the deer stag(cyclommatus elephas) 100mm. If you want info on stag or rhino beetles try asking me. I have lots of mushiking cards. how are your whip scorpions?

 

[lukatsi]

It's a pity those cards don't have breeding informations I've checked and Cyclommatus do live in Philippines, but I don't know which species.

Maybe this belongs to another section, but I find easy to care for whip scorpions (I have a trio of D. diadema). They mateured a month or so ago, and I've seen spermatophores on the bark, so they surely have mated! Now I'm waiting for the babies, but I don't know how much time will it take.