the biggest I've ever seen them!!!!

[lucanidae25]

These are all the biggest insect and non-insect that I've ever seen.
Can some one tell me if they are the biggest species in the world within their order?
I caught them all myself in Guangdong China and they all came out after two days of non stop rain.

1) Nematocera 150mm leg spans
Is this a Holorusia sp?

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2)Don't even know which order is the below?

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3) harvsmen (seen it in China and N. Vietnam)

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Thanks
Raymond

[Entomofou]

N° 1 is a Tipulidae
N°2 is a Scutigera sp.
N°3 is an Opilonidae.

Stéphane

[lucanidae25]

Thanks Stephane,

Are they the biggest species in their order or family?
I read somewhere China has the biggest Tipulidae in the world but I'm not sure about the other two?
It was eyes openning experience collecting there because everything is 10 time bigger than the materials where I came from.

Raymond

[morpho45]

Hello !

Please, lucanidae25 , Where do you acquire these specimens? I would be interested!

Thank you!

[lucanidae25]

Hi morpho45

I caught them all myself with 3 visits to that part of Guangdong China over 2 years. I've seen even bigger specimens than those but they all have legs missing, so I didn't collect them.
I don't think you can find or buy these materials online because all dealers will only interested in selling something that is worth money. There're something you will have to catch them yourself.

Raymond

[lucanidae25]

Dose anybody know a mothod on how to kill them with out their legs fallen off?
It was really hard to do especially with the crane flies and the Scutigera sp.

Thanks
Raymond

[timoinsects]

in Nanning?ÄÏÁë? and what time did you collected them?

[lucanidae25]

Yes, they are from Nanning in July. You will only find them after a few days of heavy rain.