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Hope this is an appropriate section for this question.. Anyway I found a blog http://bahamutbeetlesbreeding.skynetblogs.be/ kept by a biologist from Belgium. I am interested in hes experience with Oryctes nasicornis but I don´t seem to find any contact information there. Does not seem...

In terms of reproduction strategy many insects can be divided into capital breeders and income breeders. The first group uses energy and resources stored during the larval stage for reproduction in the adult stage and the insects of second group have less reserves and need to feed in the adult...

Oryctes nasicornis larvae are having these spots too! The L3 larvae (picture), weight 6 grams, had crawled on top of the substrate. Secretes yellowish liquid from mouth.

I want to start Cetonia aurata indoor population. These flower beetles are common here and I collected 35 larvae from an old sawdust pile in the autumn. Most of them pupated and I'm hoping to get them mating. I have 26 imagos (15 female and 11 male). I been feedeng them apple and keeping in the...