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Post by thanos on Jul 15, 2011 5:11:48 GMT -8
Just thought it great to share with the Prioninae lovers here some photos from my breeding of this fantastic species..  ! On the first photo, a larva just starting pupation..it has the size of a finger ! Thanos Attachments:
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Post by thanos on Jul 15, 2011 5:14:38 GMT -8
Here 2 huge pupae..The beetle from the pupa on the right is close to emergence..! Thanos Attachments:
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Post by thanos on Jul 15, 2011 5:18:17 GMT -8
Here a big female just emerging..!  Thanos Attachments:
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Post by thanos on Jul 15, 2011 5:21:21 GMT -8
Freshly emerged male..! Thanos (It's a pitty that this forum has so often loading problems..I'd like to post more photos,but this forum is really problematic and makes you to write 10 times the same message until it's posted -ouf..). Attachments:
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Post by thanos on Jul 15, 2011 5:34:46 GMT -8
Freshly emerged female.
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Post by thanos on Jul 15, 2011 5:36:42 GMT -8
Freshly emerged male.
Thanos
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Post by thanos on Jul 15, 2011 5:40:46 GMT -8
Adult male ! At the moment I have about 15 pupae -some of them huge- and within the next days I expect all my monsters to emerge..  ! Thanos Attachments:
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Post by Bugman on Jul 15, 2011 7:03:14 GMT -8
Did you collect the larvae or did you raise them from eggs to adults?
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Post by thanos on Jul 15, 2011 13:52:01 GMT -8
I collected younger larvae and had taken also a lot of soil from the tree I had collected them inside. Some days ago,when almost all of them were in the final stage,they were forming pupal cages from the soil/wood of the tree.And I just took the pupae carefully out of their cages and put them individually in small containers(as on the photos) with a bit soil. They are all full of health and I expect the adults soon..  - Nice to breed this great,big beetle,although not easy.. ! Thanos |
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Post by antroherpon on Jul 20, 2011 8:16:37 GMT -8
Hi thanos,
I remember how I brought in 1979 about 90 larvae from Kresna, Bulgaria. I purchases 90 bootles of baby food and emptied them in shop (since that moment I have hat big popularity there) and brought them separated. It was full backpack ....
They pupated mostly without any problem. However with true breeding was problem. - I was not able create conditions for females so they will lay eggs.
If you are close to locality I will try transport one trunk of larger diameter.
After 30 years of beetle breeding I have today idea how to stimulate large prioninae for egg laying however I am still waiting for right moment to test it ...
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Post by thanos on Jul 30, 2011 20:43:51 GMT -8
Hi ! I had an unbelievable experience with the species just a few days ago...I visited the Platanus tree from where I had taken the larvae,and with a saw I cut and removed(with the help of a local,kind old farmer) the outer part where there were a lot of big exit holes of the beetles..And..you can't imagine what followed.. ! Many big(60mm+) alive adults were coming out of the tree...!!! Together with some giant larvae of about 10-12cm.. I caught many of them,and a few of the giant larvae..What an experience..!!!! Thanos |
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Post by jackblack on Aug 11, 2011 3:23:13 GMT -8
Yes collecting and rearing is great stuff and we can learn much to prepare to go to the next stage of breeding .
I think Cerambycids is much more difficult than the Lucanids .
Seeing the freshly emerged imago in it`s pristine conditon can be much more appreciated than collecting a worn adult at the light ,well done.
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Post by jackblack on Aug 11, 2011 3:25:23 GMT -8
PS;Hope you didn`t waste all that baby food ! |
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- Nice to breed this great,big beetle,although not easy.. 