Photos of tiger beetle larvae?

[Scythemantis]

I'm writing a little post on my website about predatory insect larvae, and cannot seem to find any images of larval tiger beetles that aren't strictly copyrighted. Does anyone have any pictures of their own I could use? I would credit you, of course.

Does anybody rear them? It'd be an awfully interesting setup.

 

[UrbanJungles]

I'm writing a little post on my website about predatory insect larvae, and cannot seem to find any images of larval tiger beetles that aren't strictly copyrighted. Does anyone have any pictures of their own I could use? I would credit you, of course.

Does anybody rear them? It'd be an awfully interesting setup.

I reared several generations of tiger beetles for a federally sponsored re-introduction program of endangered tiger beetles in Nj (C. dorsalis) but alas I have no pictures of our setups or nymphs. The program lost funding and the project had to be abandoned.

 

[dtknow]

are tigers hard to raise in captivity?

 

[UrbanJungles]

Depends on the species. Some overwinter as nymphs so you would have to do the same, seems if you rush them they just die and don't pupate. Overall, most tiger beetles as adults unfortunately aren't very long lived so you would have to take that into acct.

They are pretty straight forward otherwise. They need to be kept pretty warm and fed frequently to compensate for their crazy fast metabolism. I'm sure some of the western species may be a bit easier to deal with but I've only kept a few of the native eastern species.

 

[Galapoheros]

I noticed pics are hard to find too. When I was a kid, I'd chase 100s of Tiger beetles around on the shores of lakes in central and east texas but no I don't see them nearly as much as I used to. The larvae must be hard to find, I looked for some a long time ago.

 

[Bigboy]

I reared several generations of tiger beetles for a federally sponsored re-introduction program of endangered tiger beetles in Nj (C. dorsalis) but alas I have no pictures of our setups or nymphs. The program lost funding and the project had to be abandoned.

How were you raising them and what sort of success were you having? My local zoo may be taking on a reintroduction plan for them.

 

[UrbanJungles]

I had great success with them via the method we used but I really couldn't type out all of the details here...it was a bit involved.

Have your local zoo contact folks from USDA whom I'm sure would be happy to share the results from our endeavors.

 

[lukatsi]

Maybe here someone can help you: http://www.insectnet.com/dcforum/DCForumID26/175.html