u/Straight-Vacation-42

Does anyone still keep, or know someone who still keeps, eudicella aethiopica in Europe? They kinda seem to have dissapeared here wich would be a real shame (Picture from Richards inverts)

u/Straight-Vacation-42 — 1 month ago
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8 little dynastes hercules lichyi babies. Crazy to think these tiny things turn into those huge beetles.

u/Straight-Vacation-42 — 2 months ago
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Anyone else ever had a beetle that lived way over their average lifespan? This dude just passed away at an impressive 10 and a half months. (Their average lifespan is about 3 to 4 months)

u/Straight-Vacation-42 — 3 months ago
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The first male and some more females (yes one of them is a bit deformed)

The deformed female somehow didn't devellop it's tarsi so when it emerged it still had the pupa feet and it also has a deformed wing. Most of the pupa feet have died of now so i'm hoping she can still live a regular life but without her tarsi then.

u/Straight-Vacation-42 — 5 months ago
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Took some better pictures of the lamprima females that have come out so far :)

Found a decent way to get pictures of them. They're still nothing compared to seeing them in real life but it's good enough lol.

u/Straight-Vacation-42 — 5 months ago
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The internet says 3 weeks to a month but my first female is about a week old now and is already making holes in the tissue paper it is in. She's still pretty slow but her legs seem to be working pretty good already. So i'm just not sure when to feed her because too early is bad and too late is obviously also bad.

u/Straight-Vacation-42 — 6 months ago