NEVER!!!8 leg wonder said:Cool pics Damon, When are you going to let me get my hands on some of those?
I'd definitly rather have the C.atlas, don't send them to japan you bastard ;Pscavenger said:NEVER!!!
Get some beetles yourself and we can trade... i have better stuff than these. my C atlas larvae are doing great and i should have close to 100 larvae next generation... So get something cool to trade or they will all go to Japan again!
Ha!
Yes that can happen... I open and remove some of them from cells now and again. I have never had a problem but I know how to build artificial pupal chambers and I disturb those I leave in the cells as little as possible. (The one in the picture has a removable wooden "lid" that I put back on after the picture is taken.) I should post some pictures of my C atlas pupae in artificial cells...Dark Raptor said:Great beetle, but I think opening pupation chamber isn't the best idea (you are risking that beetle will be deformed).
Please do Damon, I'd love to see themscavenger said:Yes that can happen... I open and remove some of them from cells now and again. I have never had a problem but I know how to build artificial pupal chambers and I disturb those I leave in the cells as little as possible. (The one in the picture has a removable wooden "lid" that I put back on after the picture is taken.) I should post some pictures of my C atlas pupae in artificial cells...
Me too. I've lost few scarabaeid beetles after dammaging their pupal cells. It is difficult to rebuild them in a proper way.8 leg wonder said:Please do Damon, I'd love to see them
I would never open a pupal cell of any Centoniinae or any scarab that builds a complete pupal cell... Big Dynastinae is no problem as they build an incomplete cell... I will open a cell, creat a new one and post the pics in a new thread.Dark Raptor said:Me too. I've lost few scarabaeid beetles after dammaging their pupal cells. It is difficult to rebuild them in a proper way.
Randolph XX() said:Hey Damon
ur atlas looks "dwarf" up somehow, or u don't really mind they get smaller?
Some ppl(yes, Jordan) don't really care bugs' size as long as they don't know how rare is it in nature and how hard is it to raise a bigger(well, at least same size as regular WC one) one in captivity
i've heard there is a new fungi product called A2 has done really good jobs for raising bigger Chalcosoma, cuz they have better fermentation rate of the substrate
here is a photo of Chalcosoma caucacus pupa raised with A2
not a monster one, but a pretty good size weighs 84 gram and 12+cmlong, so the adult might be 10cm
http://www.insect-mall.idv.tw/PHOTO/INDEX.JPG
maybe u should try to order from Japan
btw, what subspcies are ur T. dichotomus?
what i mean is it's hard to find bigger individuals in the wild, and instead of collecting big beetles in the wild, raise them in captivity is better for the hobby. For some beetles, it's easier to get bigger one in captivity than WC.scavenger said:The biggest one in the picture was 89 mm (9cm) Not a monster by any stretch but still bigger than a junebug. I have heard it is normal to find varying sizes within a wild population and majority will be of a medial size. I have to say I'm not exactly sure what you mean about size if people don't know how rare it is... Are you saying Chalcosoma atlas is rare? Or are you saying that It's rare to find big ones? As for this product A2 I'll have to look into it. Where do you find it?
Do u mean Goliathus sps?Dark Raptor said:If you give more proteins to Scarab's food they will grow much larger than specimens captured in the wild. I've tested this on few species and it really works. I've never tried this with stag beetles, so I can't help with that family.
No. Only small and medium sized Cetonidae species.Randolph XX() said:Do u mean Goliathus sps?
It's amazing that ppl feed the larvae dog food, and mealworms for adults!